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 Definitions of appear  [əˈpɪər]  

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Definition of 'appear' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) appear
to come into sight; become visible:
A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.

2.  appear
to have the appearance of being:
to appear wise.

3.  appear
to be obvious or easily perceived:
It appears you are right.

4.  appear
to come before the public:
She appeared in movies.

5.  appear
to put in an appearance; show up:
appeared briefly at the party.

6.  appear
to come into being:
Speech appears in the child's first or second year.

7.  appear
to come before a tribunal, esp. as a party or counsel to a proceeding.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; =ap-1+parere be visible < AF, OF aper-, tonic s. of apare(i)r, apparoir < L appārēre to be seen)

Definition of 'appear' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) look, appear, seem
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
"She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

2. (verb) appear
come into sight or view
"He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

3. (verb) appear, come out
be issued or published
"Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

4. (verb) appear, seem
seem to be true, probable, or apparent
"It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

5. (verb) appear, come along
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
"Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"

6. (verb) appear
appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
"Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

7. (verb) appear
present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
"He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft"


Definition of 'appear' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) appear
to seem to be, or to look as if
He appeared tired and distracted.; There appears to have been a mistake.; It appears that she left yesterday.

2.  appear
to become visible
Clouds appeared in the sky.

3.  appear
to begin to exist
Stoves did not appear until the 18th century.

4.  appear
to come to a place; = arrive
He'll appear late as usual.

5.  appear
to perform in public
She appeared in a play on Broadway.


Definition of 'appear' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) appear
appearance

2. (verb) appear
to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible

3. (verb) appear
to come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time

4. (verb) appear
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

5. (verb) appear
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

6. (verb) appear
to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look


Translation of 'appear' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to come into view
A man suddenly appeared round the corner.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verskyn Arabic flag Arabic: يَظْهَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: появявам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aparecer Czech flag Czech: objevit se German flag German: erscheinen
Danish flag Danish: komme til syne; vise sig Greek flag Greek: εμφανίζομαι Spanish flag Spanish: aparecer
Estonian flag Estonian: nähtavale ilmuma Farsi flag Farsi: ظاهر شدن Finnish flag Finnish: tulla näkyviin
French flag French: apparaître Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִרָאוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: दिखाई पड़ना
Croatian flag Croatian: pojaviti se Hungarian flag Hungarian: megjelenik Indonesian flag Indonesian: muncul
Icelandic flag Icelandic: birtast Italian flag Italian: apparire Japanese flag Japanese: 現われる
Korean flag Korean: 나타나다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pasiro- dyti Latvian flag Latvian: parādīties
Malay flag Malay: muncul Dutch flag Dutch: verschijnen Norwegian flag Norwegian: komme til syne
Polish flag Polish: pojawiać się Persian flag Persian: ظاهر شدن Pashto flag Pashto: ښکاره کیدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: aparecer Romanian flag Romanian: a apă­rea Russian flag Russian: появляться
Slovak flag Slovak: objaviť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: pojaviti se Serbian flag Serbian: pojaviti se
Swedish flag Swedish: dyka upp, bli synlig Thai flag Thai: ปรากฏตัว Turkish flag Turkish: görünmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 出現 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: показуватися; з'являтися Urdu flag Urdu: نمودار ہونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xuất hiện Chinese flag Chinese: 出现

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