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ap·pear
 appear
- pronunciation:
pir
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
appeared, appearing, appears |
| definition 1: |
to come into view; become visible.
We were walking through the woods, and a deer suddenly appeared just a few feet from us.- synonyms:
- arise, emerge, show
- antonyms:
- disappear, vanish
- similar words:
- come, come out, crop up, loom, occur, offer, plead, rise, show up
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| definition 2: |
to seem.
He is older than he appears.She appeared to be upset, so I asked what was wrong.- synonyms:
- look, seem
- similar words:
- come across, feel, sound
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| definition 3: |
to come before the public, as a book or performer.
Some of the greatest jazz musicians will be appearing at the festival.She has appeared in numerous films, but this is her first time on Broadway.- synonyms:
- come out
- similar words:
- perform, show up
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| definition 4: |
to come into existence.
New species of plants and animals began to appear at that time.- antonyms:
- disappear
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| related words: |
arrive, break, dawn, emerge, figure, form, materialize, mushroom, open, peep, peer, report, show, start, surface, walk |
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