Appear

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To become visible: a plane appearing in the sky.
  • verb-intransitive. To come into existence: New strains of viruses appear periodically.
  • verb-intransitive. To seem or look to be: appeared unhappy. See Synonyms at seem.
  • verb-intransitive. To seem likely: They will be late, as it appears.
  • verb-intransitive. To come before the public: has appeared in two plays; appears on the nightly news.
  • verb-intransitive. Law To present oneself formally before a court as defendant, plaintiff, or counsel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
  • v. To come before the public.
  • v. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
  • v. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
  • v. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
  • verb-intransitive. To come before the public.
  • verb-intransitive. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
  • verb-intransitive. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
  • verb-intransitive. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  • n. Appearance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To come or be in sight; become visible by approach or by emerging from concealment; be exposed to view.
  • To stand in presence, as parties or advocates before a court; make appearance.
  • To come or be placed before the public; come to the notice of the public: as, the actor appeared only once a week; his history appeared in 1880.
  • To be obvious; be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension; be clear or made clear by evidence.
  • To seem; have a certain semblance or appearance; look: as, he appeared to be wise; it appears to me that this is unsafe; he appears very old.
  • . To be understood; be intelligible: as, “Do I now appear?” Cotgrave.
  • Synonyms
  • n. Appearance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. come into sight or view
  • v. be issued or published
  • v. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
  • v. come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
  • v. present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
  • v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
  • v. seem to be true, probable, or apparent
  • Antonym
    disappear    vanish   
    Verb Form
    appeared    appearing    appears   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    materialise    happen    materialize    execute    do    perform   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    flash    surface    spring to mind    breakthrough    pop up    manifest    pop out    rush out    pop    show   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    look    seem    appearance   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    icon    it?    must    enumerate    happened    profit    feelings    fast    meaneth    please