Appear
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English
Verb
Appear (third-person singular simple present Appears, present participle Appearing, simple past and past participle Appeared)
- (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
- (intransitive) To come before the public.
- (intransitive) 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.
- (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.
- (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
Adverbs for Appear
conspicuously; malignantly; impressively;presently; portentously; perpetually; tardily;distinctly; substantially; simultaneously;miraculously; hesitatingly; posthumously;anonymously; manifestly; commandingly; mysteriously; astoundingly; exotically; flamboyantly; phlegmatically; demurely; ethereally; slovenly; ferociously; unhealthily;obtrusively; majestically; inscrutably.
Thesaurus
act; act as foil; appear like; approach; arise; arrive; attend; barnstorm; be at; be evident; be noticeable; be present at; be revealed; be seen; be visible; become known; become manifest; become visible; break forth; catch; chance; come; come along; come forth; come forward; come in sight; come into being; come into existence; come on; come out; come to; come to hand; come to light; come up; crop out; crop up; do; draw on; emanate; emerge; emote; emotionalize; enter; fade in; feel; figure; get out; get top billing; glare; go to; happen; have no secrets; heave in sight; issue; issue forth; leak out; look; look forth; look like; look on; loom; loom large; manifest itself; materialize; meet the gaze; mime; occur; open up; out; outcrop; pantomime; patter; peep out; perform; play; play the lead; playact; pop up; present itself; rear its head; register; rise; see; see the light; seem; seem like; seem to be; shine out; shine through; show; show its colors; show its face; show through; show up; sit in; sketch; sound; sound like; speak out; speak up; spring; spring up; stand forth; stand out; stand revealed; star; steal the show; stooge; stream forth; strike the eye; surface; take a stand; take in; transpire; tread the boards; troupe; turn up; upstage; vise; visit; watch; witness
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (seem): look
