APPARENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apparent mean? 

• APPARENT (adjective)
  The adjective APPARENT has 2 senses:

1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

2. appearing as such but not necessarily so

  Familiarity information: APPARENT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPARENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Synonyms:

apparent; evident; manifest; palpable; patent; plain; unmistakable

Context example:

a palpable lie

Similar:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

Derivation:

apparency; apparentness (the property of being apparent)

appear (come into sight or view)

appear (seem to be true, probable, or apparent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Appearing as such but not necessarily so

Synonyms:

apparent; ostensible; seeming

Context example:

his seeming honesty

Similar:

superficial (concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually)

Derivation:

apparentness (the property of being apparent)

appear (seem to be true, probable, or apparent)

 Context examples 

"In our new observations it is apparent very small eddies are feeding into the storm," said Simon.

(Jupiter's great red spot is shrinking, NASA)

Given the name Nemesis, this theoretical trouble maker has been proposed as a reason behind an apparent 27-million-year cycle of extinctions on Earth, including the one that saw off most of the dinosaurs.

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The apparent increased risk of mental health problems may be due to stress-triggered biological responses during infancy.

(Tiny Babies May Face Mental Health Problems Later, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists continue to study the planet’s historical record, trying to understand the apparent shift from an early wet and warm climate to today’s dry and cool surface conditions.

(New Evidence for a Mars Water Reservoir, NASA)

A small dip in intensity, for example, should be apparent in CMB radio signals, but Earth's crowded radio-wave environment has hampered astronomers' search.

(Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe, National Science Foundation)

But no energetic source or remnant of a deceased O-type star, such as a neutron star, is apparent within the center of this ring.

(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)

For example, MELAS Syndrome is a severe multi-system disorder causing progressive loss of mental and movement abilities, which usually becomes apparent in early childhood.

(Mitochondrial diseases could be treated with gene therapy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"It is now apparent there are either unidentified industrial leakages, large emissions from contaminated sites, or unknown CCl4 sources."

(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)

The shaken sediments formed features that now appear as a series of low hills apparent in a geological map based on NASA images.

(Signs of Ancient Mars Lakes and Quakes Seen in New Map, NASA)

The deregulation of beta-catenin is an apparent important event in the genesis of a number of malignancies.

(Axin 2, NCI Thesaurus)