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    [Adjective]  | "ap*par*ent" | \ ə-ˈper-ənt \


    1: open to view : visible

    2: clear or manifest to the understanding

    3: appearing as actual to the eye or mind

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English apparaunt, apparent, apperaunt, borrowed from Anglo-French apparaunt, from present participle of aparer, apareir "to be visible, {see: |appear|appear}";

    [Noun]  | "apparent magnitude" 


    1: the luminosity of a celestial body (such as a star) as observed from the earth

    Origin: 1708 ;

    [Noun]  | "apparent time" 


    1: the time of day indicated by the hour angle of the sun or by a sundial

    Origin: 1694 ;

    [Noun]  | "heir apparent" 


    1: an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be voided or undone except by exclusion under a valid will if the heir survives the ancestor

    2: heir presumptive

    3: one whose succession especially to a position or role appears certain under existing circumstances

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Idiom]  | "for no apparent purpose" 


    1: for no clear reason

    [Adjective]  | "apparent" 


    1: appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed;


      * e.g., " ... at the start of the investigation, the apparent cause of the plane crash was mechanical failure "




    2: capable of being seen;


      * e.g., " ... as the fog lifts, the town in the valley below us will become more apparent "




    3: not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation;


      * e.g., " ... it's apparent from the smile on her face that she got a part in the play "



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    [Noun]  | "heir apparent" 


    1: as in representative, successor;


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    [Noun]  | "heirs apparent" 


    1: as in representatives, successors;


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     [ "apparent" ]

    1: Obviously natural, duh.

      * e.g.,  ... It is so freaking apparent that the sky is blue. 

     [ "apparate" ]

    1: In the Harry Potter world, this is a spell which allows the user to instantaneously teleport from one location to another.

      * e.g.,  ... Harry Potter learns to apparate. 

     [ "apparate" ]

    2: You must focus on the three D's in order to achieve apparation: Destination, determination, and deliberation.

     [ "apparently" ]

    1: it appears that; as far as one knows; seemingly

      * e.g.,  ... it appears that, allegedly, it seems that, on the face of it, by all accounts, so the story goes, so I'm told Apparently the girls are not amused by the situation. 

     [ "apparently" ]

    2: apparently

      * e.g.,  ... The deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession 

     [ "apparently" ]

    3: adverb

     [ "apparently" ]

    4:  seemingly, outwardly, ostensibly, speciously .

     [ "Apparently" ]

    1: A word typical used to describe an uncertain situation, commonly used by a sketchy or undecided person.

      * e.g.,  ... Apparently Leo jipped Herb out of a munchie! 

     [ "apparated" ]

    1: A word that was once not defined by Urban Dictionary.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy: I just looked up apparated on Urban Dictionary, but it wasn't there!! 

     [ "Apparents" ]

    1: (abbreviation) stands for apparently

      * e.g.,  ... Apparents 

     [ "Apparation" ]

    1: Operation in Separatist Apparition, frequently employing Media Imagichicanery*. Also "to apparate", Apparationist, apparatic & Apparatism; Apparatist.

      * e.g.,  ... The Right-Wing-Narrative Constractors* apparation to discredit all forms of Socialism has partly promoted its renewed popularity among the people. 

     [ "Apparent" ]

    1: Obvious to everybody.

      * e.g.,  ... His reason wasnt apparent, but he still had one. 

     [ "Apparent" ]

    1: collective noun: The modern single parent family unit

      * e.g.,  ... child 1: Do you live with your mum and dad? 

     [ "apparently" ]

    1: a parent that uses Grammarly

      * e.g.,  ... That person is an apparently. 

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