apparent
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,653 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,289 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment also: evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fieldsevident hostility
- appearing as such but not necessarily so also: ostensible, seeming for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rentthe committee investigated some apparent discrepancies
apparent in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Early this season He couldn't score, for no apparent reason.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The influence of Webster is apparent, in this first purely oratorical attempt of Lincoln's.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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Afterwards, when I knew him better, I understood his apparent unconcern of any suggestion counter to his own.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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At the same time she could not help feeling rather hurt at the apparent indifference with which she was received.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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In that uneasy solitude the supreme cry of Art for Art itself, loses the exciting ring of its apparent immorality.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1