The meaning of Apparent

adjective

Said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality.

Usage examples:

The alleged conspirators

verb

Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof.

Usage examples:

He alleged that he had been assaulted

adjective

Said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof

Usage examples:

It took 15 years for the alleged criminals (= people thought to be criminals) to prove their innoce…

adjective

That has been asserted, admitted, or stated publicly.

Usage examples:

An avowed atheist

verb

Assert or confess openly.

Usage examples:

He avowed that he had voted labour in every election

adjective

Stated or admitted

Usage examples:

An avowed enemy, an avowedly old-fashioned teacher

verb

State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

Usage examples:

The prime minister claimed that he was concerned about third world debt

noun

An assertion that something is true.

Usage examples:

He was dogged by the claim that he had cia links

noun

A demand or request for something considered one's due.

Usage examples:

The court had denied their claims to asylum

adjective

Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.

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Clear and precise directions

adverb

So as to be out of the way of or away from.

Usage examples:

He leapt clear of the car

verb

Remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from.

Usage examples:

The drive had been cleared of snow

adjective

Openly or formally asserted or announced.

Usage examples:

Despite the company's declared good intentions, some remained sceptical

verb

Say something in a solemn and emphatic manner.

Usage examples:

The prime minister declared that the programme of austerity had paid off

adjective

A declared fact is one that someone has publicly said or admitted

Usage examples:

He is a declared supporter of the plan., it has always been my declared intention to sail around th…

adjective

Able to be discovered or identified.

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An easily detectable and treatable disorder

adjective

That can be noticed or discovered

Usage examples:

There has been no detectable change in the patient's condition., tests show the virus is barely det…

adjective

Able to be discerned; perceptible.

Usage examples:

The scandal had no discernible effect on his career

adjective

Clearly seen or understood; obvious.

Usage examples:

She ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment

adjective

Easily seen or understood; obvious

Usage examples:

It quickly became evident that someone had broken in., twain’s interest in adam is evident in all h…

adjective

Simulated or pretended; insincere.

Usage examples:

Her eyes widened with feigned shock

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

verb

Past simple and past participle of feign

Usage examples:

You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are., the prosecution claimed …

adjective

Clear or obvious to the eye or mind.

Usage examples:

Her manifest charm and proven ability

verb

Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

Usage examples:

Lizzy manifested signs of severe depression

noun

A document listing a ship's contents, cargo, passengers, and crew, for the use of customs officers.

Usage examples:

If you're a customs inspector at a port of entry you can send photos of cargos and manifests back t…

adjective

Easily seen or noticed; clear or apparent.

Usage examples:

A noticeable increase in staff motivation

adjective

Easy to see or recognize

Usage examples:

There’s a noticeable improvement in your grades., it’s gotten noticeably colder this week.

adjective

Able to be noticed or perceived; discernible.

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Observable differences

adjective

Able to be noticed

Usage examples:

There’s no observable connection between the two events.

adjective

Easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent.

Usage examples:

Unemployment has been the most obvious cost of the recession

adjective

Easily seen, recognized, or understood

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An obvious solution, for obvious reasons, he needs to find work soon.

adjective

Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

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The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint

adjective

Appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else

Usage examples:

Rous published 60 scientific papers after his ostensible retirement., if the engine on an ostensibl…

adjective

Directly demonstrative.

Usage examples:

Those results are ostensive evidence implying the contribution of apparent motion mechanisms to ilm…

adjective

Showing what a word or thing is or means by giving an example of it

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An ostensive definition requires that you show the person what is being referred to, and then say, …

adjective

Of, on, or from the outside.

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Outward pressure

adverb

Outwards.

Usage examples:

Cue balls also have sweet spots that radiate outward from the center.

adjective

Relating to how people, situations, or things seem to be, rather than how they are inside

Usage examples:

There were no outward signs that she was injured., outwardly, he seemed confident, but he was full …

adjective

That can be seen, heard, or noticed

Usage examples:

There are many people for whom these distinctions are hardly perceivable., there was no perceivable…

adjective

(especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed.

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A perceptible decline in public confidence

adjective

That can be seen, heard, felt, tasted, smelled, or noticed

Usage examples:

His pulse was barely perceptible (= difficult to feel) upon arrival at the hospital.

adjective

Not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character.

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Good plain food

adverb

Used for emphasis.

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Perhaps the youth was just plain stupid

noun

A large area of flat land with few trees.

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The coastal plain

verb

Suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability.

Usage examples:

I presumed that the man had been escorted from the building

verb

Past simple and past participle of presume

Usage examples:

[ + (that) ] i presume (that) they're not coming, since they haven't replied to the invitation., [ …

adjective

Not genuine; assumed.

Usage examples:

Eating ice cream with pretended unconcern

verb

Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

Usage examples:

I closed my eyes and pretended i was asleep

adjective

False

Usage examples:

His pretended enthusiasm/interest

adjective

(of a quality, feeling, or belief) claimed openly but often falsely.

Usage examples:

For all her professed populism, she was seen as remote from ordinary people

verb

Claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case.

Usage examples:

He had professed his love for her only to walk away

adjective

A professed belief is one that someone has made known

Usage examples:

She is a professed monarchist., his professed love of women seems a little odd when you consider ho…

adjective

Appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged.

Usage examples:

The purported marriage was void

verb

Appear to be or do something, especially falsely.

Usage examples:

She is not the person she purports to be

adjective

Claimed but not proved to be true

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the new brand of potato chips is purported to be lower in cholesterol, fat, and…

adjective

Able to be recognized or identified from previous encounters or knowledge.

Usage examples:

There was no recognizable photograph of him

adjective

Familiar because of having been seen or experienced before

Usage examples:

The cartoon character was instantly recognizable to millions of children.

adjective

Appearing to be real or true, but not necessarily being so; apparent.

Usage examples:

Ellen's seeming indifference to the woman's fate

noun

The outward appearance or aspect of someone or something, especially when considered as deceptive or as distinguished from reality.

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That dissidence between inward reality and outward seeming

verb

Give the impression of being something or having a particular quality.

Usage examples:

Dawn seemed annoyed

adjective

Named or called in a particular way

Usage examples:

Married taxpayers are hit hard by the so-called marriage penalty., these so-called experts don’t kn…

adjective

Existing or occurring at or on the surface.

Usage examples:

The building suffered only superficial damage

adjective

On the surface only; not deep

Usage examples:

A superficial wound, her book on the history of cars in america was extremely superficial., the sto…

adjective

Generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so.

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People admire their supposed industriousness

verb

Think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge.

Usage examples:

I suppose i got there about noon

adjective

Responsible

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The children are supposed to be at school by 8:45 a.m., these batteries are supposed to last for a …

noun

The outside part or uppermost layer of something.

Usage examples:

The earth's surface

adjective

Relating to or found on the surface of something.

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Surface layers

verb

Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground.

Usage examples:

He surfaced from his dive

adjective

(of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.

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Transparent blue water

adjective

(of a substance) allowing light through so that objects can be clearly seen through it

Usage examples:

Those transparent plastic boxes are called jewel boxes., the real reason for her leaving was so tra…

adjective

Transparent business and financial activities are done in an open way without secrets, so that people can trust that they are fair and honest

Usage examples:

The charter aims to make the national health service a more transparent and open public corporation…

adjective

Not able to be mistaken for anything else; very distinctive.

Usage examples:

The unmistakable sound of his laughter

adjective

Not likely to be confused with something else; clearly recognized

Usage examples:

There was an unmistakable smell of chocolate.

adjective

Able to be seen.

Usage examples:

The church spire is visible from miles away

noun

Visible imports or exports.

Usage examples:

Half british exports (visibles and invisibles) are directed outside the eu and the financial relati…