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# apparent

«apparent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Easy to see or understand; clear, obvious** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (apparent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Easy to see or understand; clear, obvious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#m1)

2) Seeming to be true, though maybe not really true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and reasoning: it became apparent that someone was lying; for no apparent reason. In science: apparent size or apparent motion of the Sun (it looks as if it moves). Phrases: it is apparent that, for no apparent reason, become apparent, heir apparent.

### examples

- It was apparent that she was tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#x1)
- He started crying for no apparent reason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#x2)
- The mistake became apparent when we checked the sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#x3)
- The Sun's apparent movement across the sky is caused by Earth spinning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#x4)
- Her apparent calm hid her nerves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#x5)
- It soon became apparent that the dog had eaten the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#x6)
- When peace was proclaimed, his deceitful conduct was apparent to both combatants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/#x7)

### note

Spelling: double p, -ent (not -ant). The two meanings pull in opposite directions: "clear" versus "only seeming". Adverb apparently usually means "it seems" or "I have heard".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apparent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.