appear

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/ 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.

OTHER WORDS FOR appear

1 emerge, arise.

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Origin of appear

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

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2. See seem.

OTHER WORDS FROM appear

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

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Each of these geological cases seemed to appear where rocks had simply fractured.
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Scalise offered his contrition that he had made a mistake and apologized for appearing before a group some 12 years ago.
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And then a lot of these essays are appearing on the internet, and many of these personal essays are by women.
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And things seemed fine between the couple, with the crooner appearing sober and healthier-looking, with a new crew cut.
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Bright-eyed and hopeful, she had become a national celebrity in her home country, even appearing on a TV variety show.
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It is almost impossible to describe them without appearing to exaggerate.
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Nancy, appearing much gratified thereby, saluted him cordially.
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It was certainly curious, this desire to screen his cousin, to prevent his appearing at a disadvantage.
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And it will necessitate my going out considerablyand appearing at receptions and places.
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Having no watch, Henry made a slight mistake by appearing at the young doctor's door before eight o'clock.
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British Dictionary definitions for appear

appear

/ (əˈpɪə) /

verb (intr)

to come into sight or view

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

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

to develop or come into being; occurfaults appeared during testing

to become publicly available; be publishedhis biography appeared last month

to perform or acthe has appeared in many London productions

to be present in court before a magistrate or judgehe 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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