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 Definitions of apparent  [əˈpær ənt, əˈpɛər-]  

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Definition of 'apparent' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) apparent
readily seen; open to view:
The crack in the wall was readily apparent.

2.  apparent
capable of being easily understood; obvious:
The solution was apparent to all.

3.  apparent
according to appearances; ostensible rather than actual:
He was the apparent winner of the election.

4.  apparent
entitled by birth to inherit a throne, title, or other estate.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME aparant < MF < L appārent-, s. of appārēns, prp. of

Definition of 'apparent' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
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"

2. (adj) apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)
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"


Definition of 'apparent' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) apparent
easy to notice or understand; = obvious
It became apparent that she could not manage.; Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.

2.  apparent
≠ actual
her apparent reasons; The comedian died in an apparent suicide.


Definition of 'apparent' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) apparent
capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view

2. (adj) apparent
clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable

3. (adj) apparent
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

4. (noun) apparent
an heir apparent


Translation of 'apparent' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: easy to see; evident
It is quite apparent to all of us that you haven't done your work properly.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: duidelik Arabic flag Arabic: واضِح، ظاهِر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: видим
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aparente Czech flag Czech: očividný, zřejmý German flag German: offensichtlich
Danish flag Danish: indlysende; tydelig;åbenb Greek flag Greek: προφανής Spanish flag Spanish: evidente, claro
Estonian flag Estonian: ilmne Farsi flag Farsi: آشکار Finnish flag Finnish: ilmeinen
French flag French: évident Hebrew flag Hebrew: בָּרוּר Hindi flag Hindi: स्पष्ट
Croatian flag Croatian: očigledan Hungarian flag Hungarian: látható Indonesian flag Indonesian: jelas kelihatan, nyata
Icelandic flag Icelandic: augljós Italian flag Italian: evidente Japanese flag Japanese: 明らかな
Korean flag Korean: 명백한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: akivaizdus, aiškus Latvian flag Latvian: saredzams; acīm redzams
Malay flag Malay: jelas Dutch flag Dutch: klaarblijkelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: innlysende, tydelig,åpenb
Polish flag Polish: widoczny Persian flag Persian: آشکار Pashto flag Pashto: څرګند، ښکاره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: aparente Romanian flag Romanian: evident Russian flag Russian: очевидный
Slovak flag Slovak: zrejmý, jasný Slovenian flag Slovenian: očiten Serbian flag Serbian: očigledan
Swedish flag Swedish: uppenbar Thai flag Thai: ชัดเจน Turkish flag Turkish: açık, ortada besbelli
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 明顯的,顯然的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: очевидний; явний Urdu flag Urdu: اہر ، عاں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: rõ ràng Chinese flag Chinese: 明显的,显然的

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