appear

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
2. (intransitive) To come before the public.
3. (intransitive) 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. (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.
5. (copulative, intransitive) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
6. (transitive) To bring into view.

Synonyms

seem

emerge

come into view

arise

look

occur

show up

turn up

come out

become visible

show

visible

come up

come

arrive

happen

seen

rise

perform

manifest

come forth

show oneself

come into sight

appear to be

come to light

look like

be visible

materialize

act

turn out

born

🐣

originate

present oneself

spring up

be seen

be

break out

sprout

take place

come into being

reach

found

develop

approach

crop up

present

come into existence

surface

grow

published

Translations

apparire

erscheinen

apparaître

aparecer

sembler

parecer

aparecer

paraître

scheinen

auftauchen

parere

parecer

surgir

sembrare

verschijnen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɪə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: apperen

Cognate with French: apparoir

In summary

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”).

Sentences

The boy saw a man appear behind the counter .

The pods are usually rectangular , but sometimes appear flat .

Next to a bright red couch , a gray wall will appear distinctly greenish .

The same four demons appear in the "Semiphoras and Schemhamforas".