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

Example sentences from the Web for reappear

Using both my real name and a Wikipedia handle, I deleted the assertion from the article, only to watch it reappear.

You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story |Walter Isaacson |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“I would disappear in a puff of smoke and then reappear,” a former Dorothy recalled during her return to the Land of Oz.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road…to North Carolina |Nina Strochlic |February 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Instantly, nearly $7 billion in value disappeared, only to reappear over the next several minutes.

Welcome to the Anarchy Economy |Daniel Gross |April 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
“They can disappear and reappear in an instant,” said one man who has travelled with the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

No Quick Fix For Mali: French Troops Can’t End Crisis |William Lloyd George |January 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Xi may reappear at any moment, putting some (though not all) the rumors to rest.

China Roiled by Rumors and Questions About Absent Heir Apparent Xi Jinping |Melinda Liu |September 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Each of these is the Mecca of a thousand desires, and faces beam with pleasure when they reappear.

The Vitalized School |Francis B. Pearson
They shouted and shouted for her to reappear, but I was sick that night, and Georgia was in a hurry to get home, and would not go.

The Actress' Daughter |May Agnes Fleming
He perceived that the phaen had aer head in a cavity and was scrutinising something, and waited for aer to reappear.

A Voyage to Arcturus |David Lindsay
That something was wrong they did not doubt, and they waited impatiently for the supercargo to reappear with his brown book.

Dave Porter in the South Seas |Edward Stratemeyer
I began again shortly afterward, and was much surprised to see it reappear, and take its old position.

Anecdotes of Animals |Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for reappear (1 of 2)

reappear

/ (ˌriːəˈpɪə) /

verb

to appear again

Derived forms of reappear

reappearance, noun

British Dictionary definitions for reappear (2 of 2)

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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