Definition von „apparent“ auf Englisch

adjective

1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

   • Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.
   • The apparent cause of the fire was faulty wiring.
   • make apparent
   • become apparent
   • for no apparent reason

2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

   • 1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”), What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.