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ap·par·ent
(ə-păr′ənt, ə-pâr′-)adj.
1. Readily seen; visible: The animal's markings were immediately apparent.
2. Readily understood; clear or obvious: The error was apparent to everyone in the audience.
3. Appearing as such but not necessarily so; seeming: an apparent advantage.
ap·par′ent·ly adv.
ap·par′ent·ness n.
Synonyms: apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain
These adjectives mean readily seen, perceived, or understood: angry for no apparent reason; a clear danger; clear-cut evidence of tampering; a distinct air of hostility; worry that was evident in his features; manifest pleasure; obvious errors; patent advantages; making my meaning plain.
These adjectives mean readily seen, perceived, or understood: angry for no apparent reason; a clear danger; clear-cut evidence of tampering; a distinct air of hostility; worry that was evident in his features; manifest pleasure; obvious errors; patent advantages; making my meaning plain.
Usage Note: Apparent is related to appear, and when something appears to have a property it may or may not have that property in reality. The adjective apparent can indicate either possibility, as in The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields (that is, how they appear is how they are) and His virtues are only apparent (that is, how they appear is not how they are). Some style guides maintain that apparent should not be used before a noun to mean "appearing to be such but not necessarily so," as in The victim suffered an apparent heart attack, because a heart attack that is only "apparent" is not a heart attack at all. But in practice all readers will understand that an apparent heart attack means "something that appears to have been a heart attack, whether or not it was one." In our 2015 survey, 80 percent of the Usage Panel found the example above acceptable.
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apparently
(əˈpærəntlɪ; əˈpɛər-)adv
(sentence modifier) it appears that; as far as one knows; seemingly
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| Adv. | 1. | apparently - from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor" |
| 2. |  apparently - unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
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apparently
adverb
1. seemingly, outwardly, ostensibly, speciously The deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession.
2. it appears that, allegedly, it seems that, on the face of it, by all accounts, so the story goes, so I'm told Apparently the girls are not amused by the situation.
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apparently
adverbOn the surface:
Idioms: on the face of it, to all appearances.
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Translations
عَلَى ما يَبْدوكَما يَبْدو
zdá sezjevnězřejmě
tilsyneladende
ŝajne
ilmeisesti
naoko
aî òví er virîist
明らかに
외관상
očitno
uppenbarligen
อย่างชัดเจน
một cách hiển nhiên
apparently
[əˈpærəntli] adv (= seemingly) → apparemmentApparently she's been seeing him a lot → Elle le fréquente beaucoup à ce qu'il paraît.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
apparently
adv → anscheinend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
apparently
[əˈpær/əntlɪ] adva. (it seems) → evidentemente
did they give him the money? - apparently not → gli hanno dato i soldi? - no, a quanto pare
did they give him the money? - apparently not → gli hanno dato i soldi? - no, a quanto pare
b. (seemingly, unaffected, normal) → all'apparenza, apparentemente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
apparent
(əˈpӕrənt) adjective1. easy to see; evident. It is quite apparent to all of us that you haven't done your work properly.
2. seeming but perhaps not real. his apparent unwillingness.
apˈparently adverb it seems that; I hear that. Apparently he is not feeling well.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
apparently
→ عَلَى ما يَبْدو zřejmě tilsyneladende anscheinend προφανώς aparentemente ilmeisesti apparemment naoko apparentemente 明らかに 외관상 blijkbaar tilsynelatende w rzeczywistości aparentemente видимо uppenbarligen อย่างชัดเจน açıkça một cách hiển nhiên 显然地Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009