apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable
(adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; âthe effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fieldsâ; âevident hostilityâ; âmanifest disapprovalâ; âpatent advantagesâ; âmade his meaning plainâ; âit is plain that he is no reactionaryâ; âin plain viewâ; âa palpable lieâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apparent (comparative more apparent, superlative most apparent)
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
• The word apparent has two common uses that are almost in opposition. One means roughly âclear; clearly trueâ, and serves to make a statement more decisive
• The other is roughly âseeming; to all appearancesâ, and serves to make a statement less decisive
• The same ambivalence occurs with the derived adverb apparently, which usually means âseeminglyâ but can also mean âclearlyâ, especially when it is modified by another adverb, such as quite.
• (easy to see): visible, distinct, plain, obvious, clear
• (easy to understand): distinct, plain, obvious, clear, certain, evident, manifest, indubitable, notorious, transparent
• (seeming to be the case): illusory, superficial
• (within sight or view): hidden, invisible
• (clear to the understanding): ambiguous, obscure
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Source: Wiktionary
Ap*par"ent, a. Etym: [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. Milton.
2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. Shak.
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. Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. 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.
Syn.
– Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
Ap*par"ent, n.
Definition: An heir apparent. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 January 2025
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; ââI canât tell you when the manager will arrive,â he said rather uninformativelyâ
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
