reappear
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
Explanation
When something shows up again, it reappears. A diver can plunge into the water from the diving board, swim underwater, and reappear at the far end of the pool. A magician might make your ten dollar bill disappear, but it's not a great trick if she doesn't then make it reappear. You may think your winter cold is over until the symptoms — sneezing and coughing — reappear suddenly. Anything that goes away and comes back reappears. The word adds the "again" prefix re- to appear, from its Latin root apparere, "come in sight."
Example Sentences
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Every time the local authority removed it, at a cost, the cone would reappear and appeals for it to stop only heightened resolve.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
But, by November 2025, the home had once again been removed from the market, only to reappear in March 2026 for $2.3 million, where it remained for just a matter of weeks before vanishing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
There is a particular fatigue that comes from watching the same constitutional injury reappear generation after generation under different names and different explanations.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
Relics from the pre-bounce phase — such as smaller black holes — could survive the transition and reappear in our expanding universe.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
“If this does not end today I will not ever reappear in court.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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