appear
1. [ verb ] give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Synonyms: seem look
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: be sound feel rise loom glitter leap_out glow pass_off cut come_across make feel look appearance
2. [ verb ] come into sight or view
Examples:

"He suddenly appeared at the wedding" "A new star appeared on the horizon"

Related terms: disappear emerge come_on show reappear flash break_through emerge crop_up come_to_mind pop_out leap_out turn_out come_to_light flare erupt roll_in manifest break basset wash_up flash outcrop peep appearance apparition
3. [ verb ] be issued or published, as of news in a paper, a book, or a movie
Synonyms: come_out
Examples:

"Did your latest book appear yet?" "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

Related terms: happen
4. [ verb ] seem to be true, probable, or apparent
Synonyms: seem
Examples:

"It seems that he is very gifted" "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

Related terms: be seem
5. [ verb ] come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
Synonyms: come_along
Examples:

: "Then the computer came along and changed our lives" "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"

Related terms: vanish occur gleam fulminate apparition
6. [ verb ] appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
Examples:

"Gielgud appears briefly in this movie" "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

Related terms: perform dramaturgy
7. [ verb ] present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
Examples:

"He had to appear in court last month" "She appeared on several charges of theft"

Related terms: appearance
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