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Definitions for Appear

[1] to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
[2] to have the appearance of being; seem; look: to appear wise.
[3] to be obvious or easily perceived; be clear or made clear by evidence: It appears to me that you are right.
[4] to come or be placed before the public; be published: Her biography appeared last year.
[5] to perform publicly, as in a play, dance, etc.: He appeared as the king in the play.
[6] to attend or be present, especially to arrive late or stay but a short time: He appeared at the party but left quickly.
[7] to come into being; be created, invented, or developed: Speech appears in the child's first or second year.
[8] Law . to come formally, especially as a party or counsel, to a proceeding before a tribunal, authority, etc.
[9] to come into sight or view
[10] (copula; may take an infinitive) to seem or look the evidence appears to support you
[11] to be plain or clear, as after further evidence, etc it appears you were correct after all
[12] to develop or come into being; occur faults appeared during testing
[13] to become publicly available; be published his biography appeared last month
[14] to perform or act he has appeared in many London productions
[15] to be present in court before a magistrate or judge he appeared on two charges of theft

Words related to Appear

materialize, emerge, develop, show, surface, occur, arrive, come, present, perform, play, enter, loom, attend, recur, spring, expose, rise, arise, issue

Words nearby Appear

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

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

Other words from Appear

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

Word origin for Appear

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

Synonyms for Appear

arrive, come, come out, crop up, develop, emerge, materialize, occur, pop up, present, show, show up, surface, turn out, turn up, arise, attend, expose, issue, loom, recur, rise, spring, be present, be within view, blow in, bob up, break through, breeze in, check in, clock in, come forth, come into view, come to light, drop in, make the scene, pop in, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, roll in, time in