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ap·par·ent

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–adjective

1.	readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible: The crack in the wall was readily apparent.

2.	capable of being easily perceived or understood; plain or clear; obvious: The solution to the problem was apparent to all.

3.	according to appearances, initial evidence, incomplete results, etc.; ostensible rather than actual: He was the apparent winner of the election.

4.	entitled to a right of inheritance by birth, indefeasible except by one's death before that of the ancestor, to an inherited throne, title, or other estate.

Compare heir apparent, heir presumptive.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < L appārent- (s. of appāréns appearing; see appear, -ent); r. ME aparant < MF

]

—Related forms

ap·par·ent·ly, adverb

ap·par·ent·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. discernible. 2. open, conspicuous, manifest, unmistakable. Apparent, evident, obvious, patent all refer to something easily perceived. Apparent applies to that which can readily be seen or perceived: an apparent effort. Evident applies to that which facts or circumstances make plain: His innocence was evident. Obvious applies to that which is unquestionable, because of being completely manifest or noticeable: an obvious change of method. Patent, a more formal word, applies to that which is open to view or understanding by all: a patent error.

—Antonyms 2. concealed, obscure.

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ap·par·ent Audio Help (ə-pār'ənt, ə-pâr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Readily seen; visible.
Readily understood; clear or obvious.
Appearing as such but not necessarily so; seeming: an apparent advantage.

[Middle English, from Old French aparant, present participle of aparoir, to appear; see appear.]

ap·par'ent·ly adv., ap·par'ent·ness n.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean readily seen, perceived, or understood: angry for no apparent reason; a clear danger; clear-cut evidence of tampering; distinct fingerprints; evident hostility; manifest pleasure; obvious errors; patent advantages; making my meaning plain.

Usage Note: Used before a noun, apparent means "seeming": For all his apparent wealth, Pat had no money to pay the rent. Used after a form of the verb be, however, apparent can mean either "seeming" (as in His virtues are only apparent) or "obvious" (as in The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields). One should take care that the intended meaning is clear from the context.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
apparent

c.1375, from O.Fr. aparant, from L. apparentem (nom. apparens), prp. of apparere (see appear). First attested in phrase heir apparent (see heir). Apparently in the sense of "as far as one can judge, seemingly," first attested 1846.

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apparent
adjective
1.	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.	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"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
apparent1 [əˈpӕrənt] adjective

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

Arabic:	واضِح، ظاهِر
Chinese (Simplified):	明显的
Chinese (Traditional):	明顯的
Czech:	očividný, zřejmý
Danish:	indlysende; tydelig; åbenbar
Dutch:	klaarblijkelijk
Estonian:	ilmne
Finnish:	ilmeinen
French:	évident
German:	offensichtlich
Greek:	προφανής
Hungarian:	látható
Icelandic:	augljós
Indonesian:	jelas kelihatan, nyata
Italian:	evidente

Japanese:	明らかな
Korean:	분명한
Latvian:	saredzams; acīm redzams
Lithuanian:	akivaizdus, aiškus
Norwegian:	innlysende, tydelig, åpenbar
Polish:	widoczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	evidente
Portuguese (Portugal):	aparente
Romanian:	evident
Russian:	очевидный
Slovak:	zrejmý, jasný
Slovenian:	očiten
Spanish:	evidente, claro
Swedish:	uppenbar
Turkish:	açık, ortada besbelli

apparent2 [əˈpӕrənt] adjective

seeming but perhaps not real
Example: his apparent unwillingness

Arabic:	بادِ
Chinese (Simplified):	貌似的
Chinese (Traditional):	貌似的
Czech:	zdánlivý
Danish:	tilsyneladende
Dutch:	ogenschijnlijk
Estonian:	näiv
Finnish:	näennäinen
French:	apparent
German:	scheinbar
Greek:	φαινομενικός
Hungarian:	látszólagos
Icelandic:	sem virðist vera
Indonesian:	tampak
Italian:	apparente

Japanese:	見せかけの
Korean:	외관상의
Latvian:	šķietams
Lithuanian:	tariamas
Norwegian:	tilsynelatende
Polish:	pozorny
Portuguese (Brazil):	aparente
Portuguese (Portugal):	aparente
Romanian:	aparent
Russian:	кажущийся
Slovak:	zdanlivý
Slovenian:	navidezen
Spanish:	aparente
Swedish:	synbar, skenbar
Turkish:	görünür, görünürdeki

See also: apparently

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ap·par·ent
Pronunciation: &-'par-&nt, -'per-
Function: adjective
1 : clear or manifest to the senses <no apparent cause for the condition>
2 : manifest to the senses or mind as real or true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be valid upon deeper investigation <the apparent stimulating action of a sedative drug may actually result from its depressant effect —D. W. Maurer & V. H. Vogel>

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ap·par·ent
Function: adjective
1 : capable of being easily seen, perceived, or discovered <apparent defects> <apparent ambiguity>
2 : having a right to succeed to a title or estate that cannot be defeated
3 : appearing to one's senses and esp. one's vision or to one's understanding as real or true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be correct or factual <an apparent ability to cause injury> <the apparent scope of the agent's authority> —ap·par·ent·ly adverb

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Ap*par"ent\, a. [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.

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Ap*par"ent\, n. An heir apparent. [Obs.]

I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. --Shak.

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Ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Appearing.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar?re to appear + par?reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par?re to produce. Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i.]

1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. --Gen. i. 9.

2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

We must all appear before the judgment seat. --[hand] Cor. v. 10.

One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. --Macaulay.

4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.

It doth not yet appear what we shall be. --1 John iii. 2.

Of their vain contest appeared no end. --Milton.

5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. --Matt. vi. 16.

Syn: To seem; look. See Seem.

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Heir\, n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary, Heritage.]

1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.

I am my father's heir and only son. --Shak.

2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.

And I his heir in misery alone. --Pope.

Heir apparent. (Law.) See under Apparent.

Heir at law, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law Dict.).

Heir presumptive, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency.

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Ho*ri"zon\, n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?) the bounding line, horizon, fr. ? to bound, fr. ? boundary, limit.]

1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.

And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon. --Shak.

All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. --Milton.

2. (Astron.) (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon. (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational or celestial horizon. (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.

3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.

The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. --Le Conte.

4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.

Apparent horizon. See under Apparent.

Artificial horizon, a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body.

Celestial horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above.

Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former.

Rational horizon, and Sensible horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above.

Visible horizon. See definitions 1 and 2, above.

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Vis"i*ble\, a. [L. visibilis, fr. videre, visum, to see: cf. F. visible. See Vision.]

1. Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.

Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Virtue made visible in outward grace. --Young.

2. Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. --Shak.

The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before. --Clarendon.

Visible church (Theol.), the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons.

Visible horizon. Same as Apparent horizon, under Apparent. -- Vis"i*ble*ness, n. -- Vis"i*bly, adv.

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