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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No sooner does a lost flashlight she loved as a girl mysteriously reappear than Gemma’s nights suddenly start filling with creepy occurrences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The pair hope the third member of their family, a three-month-old puppy Luna, will reappear after going missing during the quake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 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 ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
According to the new theory, an electron moving between orbits would disappear from one and reappear instantaneously in another without visiting the space between.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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