# apparent

Pronunciation: say "uh-PAR-uhnt" /əˈpæɹ.ənt/

## Adjective

1. Easily understood or recognized as true, plainly evident and beyond reasonable doubt.
   - Simple: Easy to see or understand, and very clear and certain.
   - _It soon became apparent that the original plan would never work._
   - _Her growing frustration was apparent to everyone in the room._
2. Seeming to be the case as it presents to the eye or mind, though not necessarily true or real.
   - Simple: Seeming to be true or real, but maybe not.
   - _Despite her apparent calm, she was deeply worried underneath._
   - _The apparent ease of his victory hid years of hard practice._
3. Capable of being seen or easily seen, open to view and within sight.
   - Simple: Able to be seen with the eyes and in plain sight.
   - _The mountain peak was clearly apparent on the far horizon._
   - _The lighthouse was apparent from miles down the coast._

## Origin

From Middle English apparaunt, borrowed from Old French aparent, which came from Latin appārēns, the present participle of appāreō ("to appear").

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