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apparent

UK/əˈpæɹənt//əˈpæɹənt/

apparent adjective: capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

Adjective

apparent (comparative more apparent, superlative most apparent)

  1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
    • […] Hesperus, that led / The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, / Rising in clouded majesty, at length / Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, / And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    • Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.
  2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
    • Salisbury: It is apparent foul-play; and ’tis shame / That greatness should so grossly offer it: / So thrive it in your game! and so, farewell.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • When I came to Renfield's room I found him lying on the floor on his left side in a glittering pool of blood. When I went to move him, it became at once apparent that he had received some terrible injuries.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC
  3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
    • What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”)
    • To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

apparent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

apparent in Hindi

visible
दृश्य dŕśya, प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣ
clear
प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣ
seeming
प्रत्यक्ष pratyakṣ

apparent in Tamil

தோற்றமான, வெளிப்படையான, எளிதில் உணரத்தக்க, மேலீடாகத் தோன்றுகிற, காட்சிமூலம் உணரப்பட்ட, உறுதிப்படுத்தப்பெறாத வெளிப்படையான

apparent in Urdu

آشکارا, فاش, معلوم, واضح, ظاہر

apparent in Bengali

আপাত, প্রতীয়মান, স্পষ্টভাবে প্রতীয়মান
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apparent in Telugu
వ్యక్తము vyaktamu
apparent in Malayalam
കാഴ്ചയിൽ മാത്രമായ, പുറമേ കാണുന്ന, പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ, മിഥ്യയായ
apparent in Kannada
ಕಾಣುವ, ಮೇಲ್ನೋಟದ, ತೋರಿಕೆಯ, ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಾಣುವ
apparent in Sanskrit
दृष्ट dṛṣṭa
apparent in Pashto
ښکاره ẍkâra, څرګند śargand

Examples of apparent in a sentence

  • The apparent cause of the fire was faulty wiring.
  • for no apparent reason
  • This apparent motion is due to the finite velocity of light, and the progressive motion of the observer with the earth, as it performs its yearly course about the sun.1911, Encyclopædia Britannica, Aberration:
  • Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

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Synonyms of apparent

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Antonyms

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Forms of apparent

comparativemore apparent
superlativemost apparent

Origin of apparent

From Middle English apparaunt, aparaunt, from Old French aparent, aparant, in turn from Latin appārēns, appārentis, present participle of appāreō.

Words formed from apparent

Phrases with apparent

Questions about apparent

What does apparent mean?
Apparent means capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
What is apparent in Hindi?
Apparent in Hindi is दृश्य (dŕśya), प्रत्यक्ष (pratyakṣ). See Apparent meaning in Hindi.
How do you use apparent in a sentence?
The apparent cause of the fire was faulty wiring.
What part of speech is apparent?
Apparent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce apparent?
Apparent is pronounced /əˈpæɹənt/ (UK).

Words near apparent in the dictionary

  1. apparels
  2. apparence
  3. apparences
  4. apparencies
  5. apparency
  6. apparent
  7. apparent brightness
  8. apparent brightnesses
  9. apparent charge
  10. apparent death
  11. apparent horizon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: apparent (page history and authors); apparent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apparent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apparent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వ్యక్తము (Telugu) (page history and authors); apparent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apparent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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