əˈpæ.ɹənt əˈpæ.ɹənt ɒˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl ɑˈstɛns.ɪ.bəl ˈsiːmɪŋ 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