Definition: 1. Easy to see or understand. 2. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses. 3. Seems to be real or true but may not be. 4. Readily apparent to the eye.
Use 'apparent' in a sentence:
1. These gangs operate with apparent impunity.
2. Some resurrection of domestic price pressure was apparent in the early part of the year.
3. Then, for no apparent reason , the train suddenly stopped.
4. His guilt is apparent.
5. How can we resolve this apparent contradiction?
6. It soon became apparent to everyone that he couldn't sing.
7. Increasingly, this apparent diversity is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity.
8. I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.
9. This will lead to a far greater diversity of urban landscape designs than are apparent today.
10. His guilt is apparent to all.
11. In this context the simplicity of a geometric motif may be more apparent than real.
12. A timeless comic actor — his simplicity and his apparent ease are matchless.
13. It soon became apparent that no one was going to come.
14. Then, for no apparent reason, the train suddenly stopped.
15. He did well in his exams, despite his apparent lack of interest in his work.
16. When the synthetic fabric is contrasted with the natural one, the difference is very apparent.
17. She received the news with apparent unconcern.
18. This apparent paradox is at the core of our fascination with language, and it holds many of its secrets.
19. A change in the pattern of his breathing became apparent.
20. It will be apparent on a moment's consideration.
21. For no apparent reason, she left suddenly.
22. The contradiction has become apparent.
23. It was a moonless night, and many stars were apparent.
24. Management hostility is apparent in about a third of non-union workplaces.
25. The apparent simplicity of his plot is deceptive.
26. It was quite apparent that she had cooked, and that she expected to cook, dutifully.
27. The discrepancy is startlingly apparent.
28. The person may become dizzy for no apparent reason.
29. The presence of a star is already apparent in the early film.
30. It's apparent that you can't be trusted.
31. It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well.
32. His apparent unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough.
33. The full effect will not be apparent until Tuesday, the first working day after the three day holiday weekend.
34. Much of the apparent growth in profits that occurred in the 1980s was the result of creative accounting.
35. The cause of the accident was not immediately apparent.
36. The correct answer is apparent.
37. Her love for the child was apparent.
38. He was seen as Mr Olsen's heir apparent.
39. It is apparent that she is in no condition to travel.
40. My parents were concerned at my apparent lack of enthusiasm for school.
41. The apparent truth was really a lie.
42. There is at last an apparent end to the destructive price war.
43. It was apparent to all of us.
44. It was apparent from her face that she was really upset.
45. Their affluence is more apparent than real.
46. Rethink is required and a new approach starts to become apparent.
47. It rapidly became apparent that rock'n'roll was a very broad church indeed.
48. This represents an apparent reversal of previous US policy.
49. It became apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses.
50. There were some apparent exceptions to the general correlation observed between adenosine-receptor binding and stimulation.
51. Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the apparent discrepancy presented in the passage?
52. The weakpoints of the play became apparent in dress rehearsal.
53. Dips in memory, meanwhile, generally became apparent around age 37.
54. The deputy airport manager said there was no apparent explanation for the crash.
55. It became apparent that we could never get the calibre of people we wanted.
56. Their devotion was apparent.
57. Care for older people faced persistent criticism as these trends became apparent.
58. More apparent reasonableness followed.
59. The point of my question may not be immediately apparent.
60. The man attacked me for no apparent reason.
61. Nowhere is the effect of government policy more apparent than in agriculture.
