Apparent

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1. Adjective

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

2. Adjective

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

3. Adjective

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.

4. Noun

An heir apparent.

5. Adjective

appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth, he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
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