adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an apparent lack of sth (= one that seems to exist )
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Adam's apparent lack of concern angered his brother.
an apparent similarity (= one that seems similar but really is not )
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Many apparent similarities became less convincing on closer examination.
apparent contradictions
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apparent contradictions in the defendant’s testimony
for no apparent reason (= for no obvious reason )
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He tried to kill me for no apparent reason.
heir apparent
painfully obvious/clear/evident/apparent
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It was painfully obvious he’d rather not see her again.
there is no apparent explanation (= used when there is no explanation that you can think of )
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There was no apparent explanation for the attack.
with apparent ease (= seeming easy, although this may not be the case )
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I was amazed by the apparent ease with which she got through the security system.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
already
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The sky remained clear and the first starts of the evening were already apparent in the inky space above our heads.
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But there is a real significance in psychological attention to the year 2000 already apparent .
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The emerging connection between social conservatives and left activists is already apparent .
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It is therefore already apparent that the suggested different origins of the glasses can be linked with their different chemical compositions.
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Good Windows 95 hackers always check the right-side button as well as any relevant menus already apparent .
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It is already apparent that players are much fitter than at the same time last season.
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The fragility of the parliamentary system was already apparent .
also
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It is also apparent that multiple tenascin isoforms are detectable at the mRNA and protein level.
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But it is also apparent that these students do not believe they are successful in their relationships with their parents.
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The origins of the hotel are also apparent in the impressive entrance hall, cocktail bar and lounge.
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It was also apparent just how well the Rover Tennis Initiative is working.
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Moreover, her individual sense of fun and fantasy made her an enchanting companion, though a neurotic strain was also apparent .
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But the splashing, playing, picnicking fun of the beach is also apparent in these sometimes glowing photographs.
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But it is also apparent that that totality is not completely known, nor is its future shape even presumed.
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Such racial discrimination was also apparent at all stations in the Southern States of the United States.
immediately
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This is a transactional exemption and its scope is not immediately apparent .
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To me it was immediately apparent , a tautology, a verbal redundancy.
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The reason for this difficulty is immediately apparent .
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On the other hand, no new direction was immediately apparent .
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Consult the 1:25000 O.S. map of the area and the reason is immediately apparent .
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As soon as he entered the hall, it was immediately apparent that there was a change.
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Suggested steps in the planning are as follows, and it will be immediately apparent that they take time: 1.
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The equality of shares is not immediately apparent to young children and experiences to stress this need to be provided.
increasingly
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Tracy shows us her feelings a lot more, increasingly apparent in video shots of her when she received the Beefeater trophy.
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It is now increasingly apparent that the entire universe from vast galaxies to microscopic cells unfolds through systems of spontaneous self-organization.
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Recently, it has become increasingly apparent this economic approach is limited.
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So let us turn to another increasingly apparent fact: Gore probably won more votes than Bush in Florida too.
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This will become increasingly apparent throughout the rest of this book.
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Not withstanding his attempts to appease conservative critics, Mr Frohnmayer's aversion to placing any restrictions on artistic freedom was increasingly apparent .
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It is increasingly apparent that the context of an election is important in shaping its result.
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As we emerge from the recession that will become increasingly apparent .
more
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Nowhere was the process of imperial specialization more apparent than on the Trans-Siberian railway.
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The texture difference between the crust and the inside is more apparent , the fresher they are.
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It was a beauty more apparent to him in man's defeat than in his triumph.
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Nowhere is this paradox more apparent than in the attempts of philosophers to theorize about the self.
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The bleakness of the government's economic approach was never more apparent .
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But as school-to-work has developed, its potential benefits for any student have become more apparent .
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The cold air is made even more apparent by the swift footwork when the entire cast jump lightly upwards away from the ground.
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Taking place on the trading floor was a strange inversion that be-came more apparent the longer management failed to grasp events.
most
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Such concerns are most apparent in the case of financial institutions but have also arisen in other contexts.
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This can be most apparent when beauty marries beauty.
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This was most apparent in the approach to the problems of urban unemployment.
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The effect of smoking was most apparent in those who had never used oral contraception.
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The differences among the accounts become most apparent when one considers the manner in which the cleavage between sky and earth occurred.
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This is most apparent in his views on the development of a community through time.
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Status was most apparent at time of death.
readily
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But the superficiality became readily apparent in yesterday's absurd statement by the Employment Minister, Michael Forsyth.
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These defects are readily apparent in this case.
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These concepts are not however self-executing; that much is readily apparent from the previous analysis.
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The allure of foreign bonds is readily apparent .
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Quite what the taxpayer got for the extra money is not readily apparent .
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This pattern is readily apparent whenever researchers look at the sculpted surface of the open sea.
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Captain Dawson sensed that there was more behind the request than was readily apparent .
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With travel and entertainment expenses, the bona fides of the expense may not be so readily apparent .
too
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It has, however, become all too apparent in the late twentieth century that the legions did not follow the avant-garde.
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The strains and cracks in this commitment are all too apparent .
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The consequences of that are only too apparent in cases such as that of Andrew Docherty.
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Stripped of these elements, the gameplay's shallowness is all too apparent .
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The absence of senior and middle management leading from the front is only too apparent .
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Its inadequacies for the job it has had to do are suddenly all too apparent .
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By the time I first went to Moscow in 1987 the imperial decay had become all too apparent .
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A realistic view of man Evil is all too apparent in our world.
very
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This is a feature of Cubist painting that was soon to become very apparent .
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And at that level of implementation, the aggregate benefits to the enterprise start to become very apparent .
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It is never very apparent what Freudian claims are based on, though they are widely accepted in our culture.
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The Doppler Effect is very apparent in my imagining of that afternoon.
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That this is not so is very apparent from any number of reports which can not be dismissed as anecdotage.
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But her father, in whom a sense of humour is not a very apparent virtue, remained reserved.
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Or had her initial fears been merely a result of the disorder of mind induced by her very apparent hunger?
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These assumptions are very apparent in relation to unemployment benefit.
■ NOUN
attempt
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The latest row arises from an apparent attempt by his closest aide to silence one of the pollsters.
change
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Mathilde was puzzled by Isabelle's apparent change of heart.
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For nearly a year there was no apparent change in his cancer.
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That apparent change of attitude reflects Sangster's adaptability.
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There are no apparent changes in the Hox code in the r5-7 region.
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That apparent change , I suggest, would be worth studying.
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His apparent change of heart afterwards might have been the result of calculation.
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What elements of continuity remain during movements of apparent change ? 5.
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Belief in increasing archosaur homeothermy stems from the earlier discussion of the apparent change in posture.
contradiction
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However, just occasionally, the evidence of the two disciplines is in apparent contradiction .
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He attempted to explain apparent contradictions in testimony he gave under aggressive questioning by plaintiffs' lawyers several weeks ago.
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It seems to have been a religion that was in transition, which may explain some startling contradictions or apparent contradictions.
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Instead, when fully understood, the apparent contradiction may reveal a new causal factor that was not considered before.
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In this way, apparent contradictions between Copernican astronomy and biblical texts would be eliminated.
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This apparent contradiction of the model by Proust's text is not a sign of the model's inadequacy but the reverse.
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So there is an apparent contradiction here that could usefully be sorted out.
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The author or authors wanted to resolve apparent contradictions in order to make the law more usable and accessible.
failure
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The campaign's apparent failures not only caused tensions in Central Office, they were reflected in the polls.
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We can quickly dispense with the crude mythology, but I like the concept of apparent failure .
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The blunder was the apparent failure of detectives to inform the Parole Board that he had threatened to return to kill her.
lack
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But what worried him most was the apparent lack of breathing or pulse.
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Does their apparent lack of progress speak to their shortcomings as candidates?
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The apparent lack of multiple entry and exit gates on the crowd side of the airfield was bound to cause problems.
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No harm was done by the apparent lack of male influence.
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Substitute anxiety in the spectator, he wrote, brought about by nothing other than the apparent lack of anxiety in the image.
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One of the recurring discussion points was the apparent lack of communication skills teaching for nursing staff.
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Adam's apparent lack of concern enraged Mike, as hurt by his brother's treachery as he was by the theft.
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The Government's commitment to a positive reform of the law will weaken in view of the apparent lack of consensus.
reason
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The train stood a long time in Gloucester Road station, for no apparent reason .
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One morning I found it completely wilted for no apparent reason .
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Sometimes, for no apparent reason , all the children may become wired up.
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Ader was puzzled, however, when the young and previously healthy rats began to die, for no apparent reason .
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There was no apparent reason to administer the drug, although the quantities involved were not above the legal limits.
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At other times a wild laughter would bubble up out of his body for no apparent reason .
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For the moment, there is no apparent reason for Railtrack to be given extra help from the government.
success
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But behind the apparent success , the company was on the ropes.
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Mr Dixon could hardly believe his ears as Hank poured into them the story of the book and its apparent success .
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He was due at the Crypt School in Gloucester, an example of the apparent success of Government policy.
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Their apparent success prodded Democrats to start building a counter-counter-establishment.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
immediately obvious/apparent
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As is immediately obvious, a psychotherapy based on this approach is quite different from one based on the older questions.
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It may be obvious that the postholes represent structures, but little else may be immediately apparent.
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On the other hand, no new direction was immediately apparent.
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Once a site is put back into production, it may not be immediately obvious that the archaeological sites have been destroyed.
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Over half a million people have watched the first two Tests and two things are immediately obvious.
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The distinction between primary and secondary sources will not always be immediately obvious to the pupil.
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The reason for this difficulty is immediately apparent.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She was upset by her father-in-law's apparent dislike of her.
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the apparent failure of the device
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There is no apparent connection between the murders.
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What shocked me was the parents' apparent lack of interest in their child.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lone gunman with an apparent grudge can do great harm.
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His apparent heresy is not that of the smooth talking cleric, but the statistician specialising in the field of criminology.
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In contemporary times, nowhere is the difference between wild and farm-raised waterfowl more dramatically apparent than with goose.
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Perhaps, the most appealing factor of a duvet is its apparent lightness which also retains a great deal of warmth.
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The voices and noise around them became apparent once more, a tide of excited news, a civilized clamor.
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This, of course, is an issue very much apparent in the fortunes of local railway lines at the present day.
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To a degree, the chaos is more apparent than real.
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We seem here to have further evidence of the apparent paradox about creativity and psychosis to which we have referred several times.