appear
Meaning
- To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
- To come before the public.
- To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
- 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.
- To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
- To bring into view.
Concepts
appear
seem
emerge
come into view
arise
look
occur
come out
show up
turn up
become visible
show
visible
come
arrive
come up
happen
perform
rise
seen
come forth
manifest
come into sight
show oneself
appear to be
materialize
be visible
look like
come to light
act
originate
spring up
present oneself
be seen
born
turn out
approach
reach
develop
break out
take place
be
present
sprout
found
come into being
crop up
enter
grow
be revealed
take shape
come in sight
manifest oneself
surface
become manifest
peep
come along
come about
be born
come into existence
published
sparkle
get up
stand
stand up
attain
be out
be published
volunteer
come forward
rise up
pop up
put in an appearance
materialise
reveal
be apparent
behave
conduct
resemble
be in sight
begin
break
dawn
exist
report
result
sound
follow
peer
be apparently
be obvious
appearance
reappear
go out
evident
come in
affect
become apparent
reveal oneself
seep
now
observe
feature
become known
emanate from
see the light of day
come to be
heave
be perceptible
perceive
see
catch sight of
spread
embody
be found in
be recorded
erupt
do
be in attendance
emanate
issue
commence
start
unfold
ensue
look so
peep out
come to the surface
be mentioned
be registered
show pink
shine through
be clear/obvious
be appa-rent
shine
break forth
dart forth
befall
come across as
come over as
figure
make one’s appearance
spring
walk
be discernible
be evident
be manifest
be patent
be showing
apparent
prove to be
germinate
come closer
come near
wake up
be completed
come to an end
escape
free
free oneself
become
ascend
climb
ride a horse
branch out
shew
occurrence
turn-up
exhibition
presentation
publish
hit
loom
come in to view
bud
be noticeable
perceived
incarnate
formed
displayed
show itself
caused
produced
in sight
attack
present itself
come on
break through
bear
carry on
play
run
pop
recrudesce
supervene
go forth
pop out
get in
go into
land
make
move into
roll in
roll up
set ashore
act upon
cut
give
impact
impinge
impress
influence
kick in
move
prepossess
redound
smell
strike
weigh
work
raise
toss
express oneself
recorded
serve
emergence
flash
flow
printed
extend
stretch out
considered
thought
imagined
push up
come down
poke out
stick out
live
give the impression
prove
seem be
feel
face
introduce
offer
be clear
make an appearance
be available
exhibit
express
expression
play tricks
special skill
vision
out
lean out
enter key
sense
aspect
depart
happen to
be found
find
meet
receive
cocoons
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈpɪə/
Etymology
From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir), from Latin appāreō (“I appear”), from ad (“to”) + pāreō (“I come forth, I become visible”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”).
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