[əˈpɛːrənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- clearly visible or understood; obvious
(e.g: for no apparent reason she laughed)

- seeming real or true, but not necessarily so
(e.g: his apparent lack of concern)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French aparant, from Latin apparent- ‘appearing’, from the verb apparere (see appear)