apparent

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment (Freq. 19)
- 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
• Syn:
evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
• Similar to:
obvious
• Derivationally related forms:
plainness (for: plain), patency (for: patent), evidence (for: evident), apparency, appear, apparentness
2. appearing as such but not necessarily so (Freq. 8)
- 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
• Syn:
ostensible, seeming
• Similar to:
superficial
• Derivationally related forms:
appear, apparentness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a), evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable