appear

[ uh-peer ]

/ əˈpɪər /

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verb (used without object)

to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.

to have the appearance of being; seem; look: to appear wise.

to be obvious or easily perceived; be clear or made clear by evidence: It appears to me that you are right.

to come or be placed before the public; be published: Her biography appeared last year.

to perform publicly, as in a play, dance, etc.: He appeared as the king in the play.

to attend or be present, especially to arrive late or stay but a short time: He appeared at the party but left quickly.

to come into being; be created, invented, or developed: Speech appears in the child's first or second year.

Law. to come formally, especially as a party or counsel, to a proceeding before a tribunal, authority, etc.

Origin of appear

1250–1300; Middle English ap(p)eren < Anglo-French, Old French aper-, tonic stem of apare(i)r, apparoir < Latin appārēre be seen, appear, equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + pārēre be visible

SYNONYMS FOR appear

1 emerge, arise.

2 See seem.

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OTHER WORDS FROM appear

re·ap·pear, verb (used without object) well-ap·pear·ing, adjective

Words nearby appear

appassionato, appd., appeal, appeal play, appealing, appear, appear as, appearance, appearance money, appease, appeasement

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They pulled up in unmarked cars and on motorcycles, appearing en masse out of the darkness.

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Doar and his staff prepared for the hearing as if they were appearing before the Supreme Court.

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First appearing in 1779, sex-assignment surgeries became increasingly popular from the nineteenth century onward.

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And the stars behind them, instead of appearing to be green, had subsided to a dull red glow.

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Patience is no virtue of mine, and so far from appearing disposed to amend them, you daily multiply your errors.

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She was silent for some time, leaning her head on her hand, and appearing deep in thought.

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He was appearing before his companions only to give truth its just due.

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Of course they were both singers, giving recitals together, like the Henschels, and appearing in concert and oratorio.

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British Dictionary definitions for appearing

appear

/ (əˈpɪə) /

verb (intr)

to come into sight or view

(copula; may take an infinitive) to seem or look the evidence appears to support you

to be plain or clear, as after further evidence, etc it appears you were correct after all

to develop or come into being; occur faults appeared during testing

to become publicly available; be published his biography appeared last month

to perform or act he has appeared in many London productions

to be present in court before a magistrate or judge he appeared on two charges of theft

Word Origin for appear

C13: from Old French aparoir, from Latin appārēre to become visible, attend upon, from pārēre to appear

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