apparent contradiction

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• contradiction — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, direct, flat ▪ blatant (esp. AmE), glaring, obvious ▪ basic, fundamental …   Collocations dictionary

• apparent — apparent, ente (a pa ran, ran t ) adj. 1°   Visible, évident, manifeste. Des vices apparents. Bourgeon bien apparent. •   Apparent et croyable attentat, ROTR. Bélis. IV, 1. •   Il est apparent qu ils [M. le duc du Maine et Mme de Maintenon]… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• contradiction — n. 1) an apparent; basic; glaring; inherent contradiction 2) a contradiction between; to 3) in contradiction with 4) (misc.) a contradiction in terms * * * [ˌkɒntrə dɪkʃ(ə)n] basic glaring inherent contradiction to (misc.) a contradiction in… …   Combinatory dictionary

• contradiction — con|tra|dic|tion [ˌkɔntrəˈdıkʃən US ˌka:n ] n 1.) a difference between two statements, beliefs, or ideas about something that means they cannot both be true ▪ apparent contradictions in the defendant s testimony contradiction between ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• apparent — ap|par|ent [ ə perənt ] adjective *** 1. ) easy to see or understand: OBVIOUS: apparent from: The children s poor health was apparent from their physical appearance. it becomes apparent that: It soon became apparent that the two women knew each… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• apparent */*/*/ — UK [əˈpærənt] / US [əˈperənt] adjective 1) easy to see or understand apparent to: It should be apparent to anyone that the letter was written by a child. apparent from: The children s poor health was apparent from their physical appearance. it… …   English dictionary

• apparent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ It soon became apparent that the company was losing money. ▪ make sth ▪ He made it apparent that he was very …   Collocations dictionary

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