Definitions for appear

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appear ap·pear

Spelling: [uh-peer]

IPA: /əˈpɪər/

Appear is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in appear (aaeppr).

Definitions for appear

verb (used without object)

1. to come into sight; become visible:
2. to have the appearance of being; seem; look:
3. to be obvious or easily perceived; be clear or made clear by evidence:
4. to come or be placed before the public; be published:
5. to perform publicly, as in a play, dance, etc.:
6. to attend or be present, especially to arrive late or stay but a short time:
7. to come into being; be created, invented, or developed:
8. Law. to come formally, especially as a party or counsel, to a proceeding before a tribunal, authority, etc.

Origin of appear

1250-1300; Middle English ap(p)eren Anglo-French, Old French aper-, tonic stem of apare(i)r, apparoir Latin appārēre be seen, appear, equivalent to ap- ap-¹

Examples for appear

Grievously disordered they appear to be, as Hannah tells me.

But she is, in her way, holding a mirror up to nature, and objects in this mirror may be closer than they appear.

They are true believers and appear to love working for the man.

But on Monday, when he was scheduled to appear in court, KSM was back in his detention site.

We will not appear like fools in this matter, and as if we have no authority over our own daughter.

They did not appear frightened, but he could not make anything out of them.

I had the opportunity to appear on the popular Sons of Anarchy series in their final season.

States were encouraged and allowed to lower standards to make it appear they were improving.

She was trying to extort a promise that she should appear in its pages, which, as we all remember, she did.

The Arabs also appear to have held similar opinions as to the power of music.