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adjective
open to public inspection—used chiefly in the phrase letters patent
secured by letters patent or by a patent to the exclusive control and possession of a particular individual or party
patent foodstuffs have acquired an ever-increasing importance—Friedel Strauss
protected by a trademark or a brand name so as to establish proprietary rights analogous to those conveyed by letters patent or a patent : proprietary
patent drugs
of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents especially for inventions patent law
a patent lawyer
making exclusive or proprietary claims or pretensions
peddled his patent notions in season and out
affording free passage : unobstructed
a patent opening
patulous, spreading
a patent calyx
archaic accessible, exposed
readily visible or intelligible : obvious a patent falsehood
his patent sincerity
noun
an official document conferring a right or privilege : letters patent
a writing securing for a term of years the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention
the monopoly or right so granted
a patented invention
privilege, license
an instrument making a conveyance of public landsalso: the land so conveyed
patent leather
verb
transitive verb
to obtain or grant a patent right to
to grant a privilege, right, or license to by patent
to obtain or secure by patentespecially: to secure by letters patent exclusive right to make, use, or sell
Adjective, Noun, and Verb Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin patent-, patens, from present participle of patēre to be open — more at fathom
The first known use of patent was in the 14th century
pathfindernoun
one that discovers a way and especially a new route in unexplored regions
pathfindernoun
one that discovers a way and especially a new route in unexplored regions
patheticadjective
causing one to feel tenderness, pity, or sorrow
patheticadjective
causing one to feel tenderness, pity, or sorrow
patheticadjective
causing one to feel tenderness, pity, or sorrow
paternitynoun
the state of being a father
origin from a father
paternaladjective
fatherly
paternal advice
received or inherited from one's father
related through the father
a paternal grandfather
paternaladjective
fatherly
paternal advice
received or inherited from one's father
related through the father
a paternal grandfather
patent1 of 3adjective
protected by a patent
of, relating to, or concerned with patents
a patent lawyer
proprietary entry 2 sense 2
a patent can opener
plain entry 2 sense 4a, obvious
a patent lie
patent2 of 3noun
an official document granting a right or privilegeespecially: a writing granting to an inventor for a term of years the only right to make, use, or sell his or her invention
the right granted by a patent
patent3 of 3verb
to protect by patent
patent1 of 3adjective
protected by a patent
of, relating to, or concerned with patents
a patent lawyer
proprietary entry 2 sense 2
a patent can opener
plain entry 2 sense 4a, obvious
a patent lie
patent2 of 3noun
an official document granting a right or privilegeespecially: a writing granting to an inventor for a term of years the only right to make, use, or sell his or her invention
the right granted by a patent
patent3 of 3verb
to protect by patent
1 As an internet personality, the Gary Vee character can be as patently absurd as he is engaging and convincing.
2 It was a perfectly respectable appliance for, say, buttering pancakes, but patently inadequate for defending oneself against 400 pounds of ravenous fur.
3 “Eventually, just as others have been exposed to be liars, this uncorroborated allegation that is almost 20 years old will be shown to be patently false,” Brafman said.
4 It was a most uncomfortable, patently aggressive sleeping companion.
5 He "is patently labouring under the misapprehension that being homosexual is worthy of disapprobation and censure," he wrote.
6 In a 1999 article for the Black Music Research Journal, the scholar John Andrew Johnson surveyed the richly unpredictable variations within Dawson’s score and pronounced it “patently modern, even avant-garde.”
7 Bloom told the Times that many of the accusations are "patently false."
8 The idea that a Scottish patriot could have a chip on his shoulder and demonstrate an irrational anti-English bias is patently absurd, after all.
9 United may have considered that money its own—and therefore, sees the absence as a loss—but that’s patently wrong.
10 It's patently amazing what you can do with just two notes.
11 Calls on the entire gay population to take up a chronic pharmacotherapy are, as a consequence, patently absurd.
12 “In making his sensational claim,” Mr. Davis writes, “Thor Heyerdahl ignored the overwhelming body of linguistic, ethnographic and ethnobotanical evidence, augmented today by genetic and archaeological data, indicating that he was patently wrong.”
13 I don't have an overarching attitude about this love triangle, other than the patently obvious, which is that love and desire are not always productive forces or joyful forces, but also destructive forces as well.
14 To say Quan is planning to cause them or the Bengal tigers harm is a blatant lie and patently dishonest.
说全莉要加害他们本人和两只孟加拉虎纯粹是一派胡言,是公然的不诚实。
15 Sometimes they will manipulate the schedule for completing tasks or even engage in patently unethical and illegal behavior.
有时他们为了完成任务会投机取巧甚至出现一些不道德和违法的行为。
16 But Mr. West makes just as patently clear the pain underlying the verbal byplay that comes as second nature to a man whose life is collapsing around him.
17 The politicking behind the business of arts grants is a potentially meaty subject for satire, but by choosing such a patently conflicted and incompetent board, Ms. Trieschmann makes her target too easy.
18 Yet they feel too patently like the products of careful research, as if they arrived with footnotes attached and plot-propelling diagrams dangling from their sleeves.
19 But he may be wrong to oppose any kind of debt restructuring for Greece, which is patently bust.
但是,他反对希腊任何债务调整的行为也许是错的,希腊显然已经破产。
20 This is patently false, we find ourselves explaining.
1 公然
open patent overt flagrant undisguised public barely outright overtly declaredly corampopulo overground blatant out-and-out unconcealed publicly openly in the open to the eye in broad daylight to the view in the teeth in face
3 有目共睹
4 明白无误
5 显然
clear obvious apparent evident obvs clearly obviously apparently evidently decidedly plain plainly patent pointed ostensible notice distinct visibly staring perceptibly
7 清楚
clear obvious plain distinct lucid unclouded pellucid perspicuous clearly distinctly plainly perceivably plainness perspicuity defog clarify
8 毫无疑问
undisputed indubitably natch and no mistake you can bet your life bottom dollar on that you can bet your life bottom dollar on you can bet your life bottom dollar you can bet your your bottom dollar on that you can bet your your bottom dollar on you can bet your your bottom dollar too right without doubt beyond doubt
10 明显地
clear obviously apparently admittedly sharply noticeably prominently visibly boldly undeniably blatantly transparently unmistakably glaringly confessedly on the face of things it is quite obvious that clearly notably broadly evidently distinctly eminently definitely markedly strikingly demonstrably manifestly starkly appreciably palpably discernibly up ostensibly sensibly
11 明显
square bright obvious broad patent apparent transparent evident noticeable sensible stark decisive pointed undeniable impactful overt palpable unmistakable demonstrable watchable well-marked open-and-shut unhidden kenspeckle clear obviously apparently admittedly sharply noticeably prominently visibly boldly undeniably blatantly transparently unmistakably glaringly confessedly glaringness patency distinctness broadness palpability on the face of things it is quite obvious that in relief visible sharp distinct manifest marked measurable eminent conspicuous glaring self-evident clearly notably broadly evidently distinctly eminently transparency prominence blatancy in evidence strong plain striking definite tangible pronounced noteworthy blatant predominant observable emphatic clear-cut appreciable definitely markedly strikingly demonstrably manifestly starkly appreciably palpably discernibly obviousness kenspeck explicit outspoken perceptible decided ostensible unsubtle up ostensibly sensibly light appear