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appear

/ appear /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
come into sight or view
"He suddenly appeared at the wedding"
"A new star appeared on the horizon"
Opposites:
disappear vanish go away
Kinds of:
peep erupt manifest wash up come to light
Derived:
apparition appearance visual aspect
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
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"
Opposites:
vanish disappear
Kinds of:
gleam fulminate occur
Derived:
apparition
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
be issued or published
"Did your latest book appear yet?"
"The new Woody Allen film hasn''t come out yet"
Type of:
happen materialize materialise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 4
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"
Type of:
perform execute do
Derived:
appearance
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
dramaturgy dramatic art dramatics
verb Sense 5
seem to be true, probable, or apparent
"It seems that he is very gifted"
"It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
Type of:
be
Kinds of:
seem
Usage Patterns:
Frame 34
verb Sense 6
present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
"He had to appear in court last month"
"She appeared on several charges of theft"
Derived:
appearance appearing coming into court
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 7
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"
Type of:
be
Kinds of:
make cut feel pass off sound
Derived:
appearance spirit tone feel feeling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Something is ----ing PP
Semantic Complexity
64%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
1
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peep erupt manifest wash up come to light disappear vanish go away gleam fulminate occur happen