adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/əˈpæɹənt/
General-American:/əˈpæɹənt/without the Mary–marry–merry merger
US:MmmmRecorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Scotland, Wales:/əˈpaɾənt/
CMU ARPABET:AH0 P EH1 R AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.
The apparent cause of the fire was faulty wiring.
make apparent
become apparent
for no apparent reason
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 3
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”), What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields