appear

Meaning

  1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
  2. To come before the public.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  6. 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

print

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

B1
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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