appear

verb
/əˈpɪə/

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

Other meanings

To come before the public.
“A great writer appeared at that time.”
To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

Related words

appearingly
nonappearin
appearable
appearency
coappear
misappear
reappear
appear in the Gazette

Example sentences

“Few things are as simple as they appear.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“That appears to be just about all of it.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "appāreō" (to appear).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “appear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.