apparent
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3.6
- adjective
- /əˈpɛrənt/
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aparente
- Next, how has an apparent failure in your past set you up for success later?
- apparent rather than real
- apparent lack
- apparent reluctance
OK then, what about the apparent star of the show, AI?
- OK then, what about the apparent star of the show, AI?
- But don't let the apparent blandness fool you.
- And I sent a letter to Defense Minister Lieberman, which was conveyed by apparent agents of Mossad.
- And that was what started some apparent contagion effects.
- So the first point and the most difficult point is the the apparent fact that we can desire things that aren't pleasurable.
- It is not in the form of what free actuality and then he says, or the apparent independence of nature.
Examples
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The attractions of this vast region for tourism are not immediately apparent in its physical geography.
Academic text (1991) -
He had an apparent enthusiasm for the project, even if he had some doubts.
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And yet he also leaves us with no real apparent way out.
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How has a failure or apparent failure set you up for later success?
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OK then, what about the apparent star of the show, AI?
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It's like the universe is born for no apparent reason.
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And with each apparent failure or let down, I questioned myself.
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Then, suddenly, for no apparent reason, all activity stops and it becomes gray and cold.
Fiction book (1997) -
Finally, he agreed, with apparent reluctance, to let me make the exposure.
Academic text (1999) -
It became apparent that the view of civil liberties needing no special protection was not widely shared.
Synonyms
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7.5
Seeming to be true but maybe not real
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4.7
Appearing to be true when it is not
Compounds
- Formal
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5.9
A person first in line to inherit a title or throne whose right cannot be changed by later births
- Specialized
A visual effect that makes still images look like they are moving, as in movies
- Specialized
An effect that makes still pictures shown quickly seem to move, as in movies
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Apparent comes from the Latin apparere 'to appear' and has the same root as appear, so it often means how something 'looks' or 'seems'. That is why something can be apparent—because it simply 'appears' a certain way, even if that is not the whole truth.