{
    "term": "apparent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "easy to see or understand",
            "sensetop": "apparent from something that…apparent to somebody that…apparent that…apparent from somethingapparent to somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their devotion was apparent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Then, **for no apparent reason**, the train suddenly stopped."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was apparent from her face that she was really upset.",
                    "contextForm": "apparent from something that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It** soon **became apparent** to everyone that he couldn't sing.",
                    "contextForm": "apparent to somebody that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's **readily apparent** that she has a gift for this kind of writing.",
                    "contextForm": "apparent that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "No damage was apparent from a brain scan.",
                    "contextForm": "apparent from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The consequences of our actions are not **immediately apparent** to us.",
                    "contextForm": "apparent to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The extent of their injuries was not immediately apparent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His unhappiness was all too apparent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local suspicion of the incomers was painfully apparent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His lack of experience was quite apparent to everyone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It soon became apparent that the company was losing money."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "obvious",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["glaringly", "particularly", "strongly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "that seems to be real or true but may not be",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My parents were concerned at my **apparent lack of** enthusiasm for school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their affluence is more apparent than real *(= they are not as rich as they seem to be)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is an apparent contradiction between these two approaches."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "seeming"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpærənt/",
                "audio": "ap/apparent/apparent__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpærənt/",
                "audio": "ap/apparent/apparent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French aparant, from Latin apparent- ‘appearing’, from the verb apparere, from ad- ‘towards’ + parere ‘come into view’."
}