appeared; appearing; appears
1
a
: to be or come in sight
when the sun appears on the horizon
b
: to show up
He appears promptly at eight each day.
2
: to come formally before an authoritative body
must appear in court today
3
: to have an outward aspect : seem
She appears (to be) happy enough.
4
: to become evident or manifest
There appears to be evidence to the contrary.
5
: to come into public view
a performer who first appeared on a television variety show
The book appeared in print a few years ago.
6
: to come into existence
Hominids appeared late in the evolutionary chain.
Examples of appear in a Sentence
She appears a nice enough person.
Winning the election appears unlikely at this point.
One by one, the stars appeared in the sky.
The sun began to appear from behind the clouds.
The airplanes seemed to appear out of nowhere.
The storm disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared.
The cat appears at our kitchen door every morning.
One of the guests appeared a few minutes late.
He appeared a little before eight last night.
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“Appear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appear. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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appear
verb
ap·pear
ə-ˈpi(ə)r 
1
: to come into sight : become plain : show
stars appeared in the sky
2
: to present oneself formally (as to answer a charge)
appear in court
3
: seem sense 1, look
things are not always as they appear
appears to be tired
4
: to come before the public
appears on television
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