to be apparent

  • 51apparent — apparently, adv. apparentness, n. /euh par euhnt, euh pair /, adj. 1. readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible: The crack in the wall was readily apparent. 2. capable of being easily perceived or understood; plain or clear; obvious:… …

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  • 52apparent — adj. 1) clearly; increasingly apparent 2) apparent to 3) apparent that + clause (it was apparent to all that he was guilty) * * * [ə pærənt] increasingly apparent clearly apparent to apparent that + clause (it was apparent to all that he was… …

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  • 53apparent — [[t]əpæ̱rənt[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ: ADJ n An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist. I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress... There is at last an apparent end to the… …

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  • 54Apparent places — The apparent place of an object is the position in space as seen by the observer. Because of physical and/or geometrical effects it has a deviation from the true position .In Astronomy the term apparent places of stars means the visual or… …

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  • 55apparent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ It soon became apparent that the company was losing money. ▪ make sth ▪ He made it apparent that he was very …

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  • 56apparent — ap•par•ent [[t]əˈpær ənt, əˈpɛər [/t]] adj. 1) readily seen; open to view: The crack in the wall was readily apparent[/ex] 2) capable of being easily understood; obvious: The solution was apparent to all[/ex] 3) according to appearances;… …

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  • 57apparent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French apparant, from Latin apparent , apparens, present participle of apparēre to appear Date: 14th century 1. open to view ; visible 2. clear or manifest to the understanding < reasons th …

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  • 58apparent — adjective 1 easily noticed or understood (+ to): Her anxiety was apparent to everyone. | it became apparent that: It soon became apparent that our opponents were too strong for us. | for no apparent reason (=without a clear reason): Suddenly, for …

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  • 59Apparent-time hypothesis — In sociolinguistics, the apparent time hypothesis states that age stratified variation in a linguistic form is often indicative of a change in progress. That is, if in a survey of a population, patterned differences between the speech of&#8230; …

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  • 60apparent solar day — The period between two successive transits of a particular meridian on the earth by the apparent sun. Because of the elliptical shape of the earth’s orbit, the apparent angular velocity of the sun as seen is not constant, or the apparent sun’s&#8230; …

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