apparent
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Adjective (2)
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment“the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields”“evident hostility”“manifest disapproval”“patent advantages”“made his meaning plain”“it is plain that he is no reactionary”“in plain view”“a palpable lie”Synonyms: evidentmanifestpalpablepatentplainunmistakableOpposite unobviousSimilar obvious
- appearing as such but not necessarily so“for all his apparent wealth, he had no money to pay the rent”“the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”“the ostensible truth of their theories”“his seeming honesty”Synonyms: ostensibleseemingOpposite profoundSimilar superficial
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Translations
Adjective clear, obvious
- Spanish
- evidente
- French
- évident
- German
- offensichtlich
- Italian
- evidente
- Russian
- очеви́дный očevídnyj
- Dutch
- ogenschijnlijk
- Polish
- oczywisty
- Hungarian
- kézenfekvő
- Czech
- zjevný
- Finnish
- ilmeinen
1 more language
- Latvian
- redzams
Adjective seeming, not necessarily real
- Spanish
- aparente
- French
- apparent
- German
- scheinbar
- Italian
- apparente
- Portuguese
- aparente
- Russian
- ка́жущийся kážuščijsja
- Arabic
- ظَاهِرِيّ ẓāhiriyy
- Dutch
- ogenschijnlijk
- Indonesian
- semu
- Hungarian
- látszólagos
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear.
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
The moon... apparent queen.— John Milton
2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
It is apparent foul play.— William Shakespeare
3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.— Thomas Reid
Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. — Apparent time. See Time. — Heir apparent Law, one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; — in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
Synonyms: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
An heir apparent. obsolete
I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54