Appear

  

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Appear

Definition: Appear

Appear

Verb

1. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "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".

2. Come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon".

3. Be issued or published, as of news in a paper, a book, or a movie; "Did your latest book appear yet?" "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet".

4. Seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad".

5. Come into being or existence, or appear on the scene: "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago".

6. Appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage".

7. Present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority; "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "appear" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Appear \Ap*pear"\, noun. Appearance. [Obsolete]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Appear

Synonyms: come along (v), come out (v), look (v), seem (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: disappear (v), vanish (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Appear

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arrival

Light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down; (be located); get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in; (ingress); make one's appearance; (appear); drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit.

Beginning

Come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize.

Deputy

Verb: be deputy; Noun: stand for, appear for, hold a brief for, answer for; represent; stand in the shoes of, walk in the shoes of; stand in the stead of.

Eventuality

Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past).

Manifestation

Be manifest; Adjective: appear; (be visible); transpire; (be disclosed); speak for itself, stand to reason; stare one in the face, rear its head; give token, give sign, give indication of; tell its own tale; (intelligible).

Printing

Verb: print; compose; put to press, go to press; pass through the press, see through the press; publish; bring out; appear in print, rush into print; distribute, makeup, mortise, offset, overrun, rout.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Appear

Etymologies containing "appear": Triphane. (references)

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Modern Usage: Appear

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Not to appear facetious, sir, but you had better tell that to a judge (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

There is a saying, a very old saying: when the pupil is ready the master will appear. (The Mask of Zorro; writing credit: Johnston McCulley; Ted Elliott)

Because if I do, the retinal scans will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear. (Minority Report; writing credit: Scott Frank)

Simone appears only when I want her to appear. (S1m0ne; writing credit: Andrew Niccol)

Lyrics

There's no telling where love may appear ("Everybody Loves Somebody"; performing artist: Dean Martin)

I may appear to be free (I Try; performing artist: Macy Gray)

Ghosts appear and fade away (Overkill; performing artist: Men At Work)

still uncertain if she will appear. Like it or not this (These Are the Days; performing artist: O-Town)

Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps ("Fight the Power"; performing artist: Public Enemy)

Clever

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Appear

DomainTitle

Books

  • Compelled To Appear In Print: The Vicksburg Manuscript of General John C. Pemberton (reference)

  • Jump and the Net Will Appear (reference)

  • More Bread or I'll Appear (reference)

  • More Sniglets: Any Word That Doesn't Appear in the Dictionary, but Should (reference)

  • Sniglets (Snig'Lit: Any Word That Doesn't Appear in the Dictionary, but Should) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Appear

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Appear

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Long-term cultured AIDS-KS (Kaposi's Sarcoma) cells were injected into a nude mouse. Within 5 days a subcutaneous lesion formed in the induced region with a marked angiogenic response. A cross-section of these new blood vessel formations appear as open spaces, where one can see dividing epithelial cells and some red blood cells. The cells were stained with a Wright-Gimsa stain and are seen at a magnification of 100x. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Small, reddish/brownish papule, often with telangiectatic blood vessels. May appear transluscent, and when it is, described as "pearly" in color. May have a central depression with rolled borders. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection, when signs do occur, typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. Credit: CDC.

This patient had an extensive papulosquamous rash that developed during secondary syphilis. The rash often appears as rough, red or reddish brown spots that can appear on palms of hands, soles of feet, the chest and back, or other parts of the body. Credit: CDC.

In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes -the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock- appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires. Credit: NASA.

A bizarre effect of time-lapse photography makes Clean Air Facility appear to be illuminated by triangular shaft of reflected sunlight. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Nassa Snail, Nassarius fraterculus, was introduced from Japan and occurs on muddy beaches near Padilla Bay. It may soon appear in other areas of Puget Sound. It is up to 1.3 cm long with strong radial ribs. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Large hail collects on streets and grass during severe thunderstorm. Larger stones appear to be nearly 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Cumulus clouds forming over water. Some clouds appear to be developing into a thunderstorm. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Arctic regions snow and ice over Canadian islands west of Greenland. Low level clouds are seen over intervening water. The center fiducial mark is over Lancaster Sound near 74.5 N, 85W. Devon Island is visible at top and peninsulas of Baffin Island appear in the lower portion of the photo. NIMBUS I AVCS photograph. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," March 1965. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Appear
 

"Windy Pier 2" by Cerys Jones
Commentary: "Aberystwyth pier on a windy night ... I like the way the waves appear as phantom faces."
"Night View" by Christie Ortiz
Commentary: "Although this was taken at about 12:30 in the afternoon, the way i was facing the harbor seems to appear as if it was taken at night."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Appear

AuthorQuotation

Aristophanes

To make the worse appear the better reason.

Baltasar Gracian

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Lord Byron

Think not I am what I appear.

Oliver Goldsmith

If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Terence

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Thomas p Kempis

Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.

Walt Whitman

How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!

William Shakespeare

Men's faults to themselves seldom appear.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Appear

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Nor is it so strange, as perhaps before consideration it may appear, that the property of labour should be able to over-balance the community of land: for it is labour indeed that puts the difference of value on every thing; and let any one consider what the difference is between an acre of land planted with tobacco or sugar, sown with wheat or barley, and an acre of the same land lying in common, without any husbandry upon it, and he will find, that the improvement of labour makes the far greater part of the value. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Hamilton, of New York,) expressing their unanimous conviction that it might essentially tend to advance the interests of the Union if the States by which they were respectively delegated would concur, and use their endeavors to procure the concurrence of the other States, in the appointment of commissioners to meet at Philadelphia on the Second Monday of May following, to take into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled as, when agreed to by them and afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State, would effectually provide for the same. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

Of course, in the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads on the rights of property, and on the conditions of bourgeois production; by means of measures, therefore, which appear economically insufficient and untenable, but which, in the course of the movement, outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the old social order, and are unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionising the mode of production. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The original insurer will, however, be entitled to receive on demand full information as to the terms of the transfer, and if it should appear that these terms were not equitable they shall be amended so far as may be necessary to render them equitable. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Appear

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Even this conquest would appear valuable in her eyes

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

After a while an animal- a deer perhaps - would appear from out of the trees and watch him cautiously

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

So much being known, it would appear natural that a part of it should be expressed

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Fantine did not appear to hear

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

She was sitting there among the others perhaps waiting for him to appear.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He saw Noah disappear into the brush, and then appear again, following the edge of the river

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I desired that the senate of Rome might appear before me in one large chamber, and an assembly of somewhat a latter age in counterview in another

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

These statistics, however accidental and therefore uninstructive they may appear, as they have a certain completeness, have a certain value also

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Appear

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The loss may appear very gradually. (references)

All races appear to be affected equally. (references)

They may stumble or appear uncoordinated. (references)

Business

Activities for children appear to be a good selling point. (references)

A number of factors appear likely to promote future growth. (references)

Local customs officials appear to have complete discretion. (references)

Children

Armenia

Child abuse of street children does not appear to be a serious problem. (references)

China

However, conditions in some other orphanages appear to be adequate, if Spartan. (references)

Philippines

Many street children appear to be abandoned children engaged in scavenging or begging. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

His articles continued to appear in El Patio. (references)

Congo

Approximately 10 private newspapers appear weekly in Brazzaville. (references)

Kuwait

Publishers may lose their license if their publications do not appear for 6 months. (references)

Discrimination

Zambia

Constitutional amendments barring native-born citizens of partial or full foreign ancestry from the presidency appear to violate the prohibition on discrimination based on place of origin. (references)

Economic History

Uruguay

But some long-planned measures appear to be stalled. (references)

Denmark

Bureaucratic procedures appear streamlined and transparent. (references)

Human Rights

Brunei

In general the courts appear to act independently. (references)

Thailand

Thus far the effects of the reforms appear limited. (references)

Hungary

These provisions appear to be observed in practice. (references)

Minorities

Argentina

The third suspect failed to appear for the retrial. (references)

Cambodia

Ethnic bias did not appear to be a factor in the crime or the verdict. (references)

Tanzania

Rural Muslim groups do not appear to share urban Muslims' concerns to the same extent. (references)

Political Economy

SINGAPORE

Most infringing products appear to be imported. (references)

Oman

It may request ministers to appear before the Majlis. (references)

OMAN

Omani firms appear quite open to affiliation with U.S. firms. (references)

Political Rights

Comoros

Abeid was defeated quickly, however, and the coup attempt did not appear to threaten the Fomboni Agreement. (references)

Yemen

Ministers frequently are called to Parliament to defend actions, policies, or proposed legislation, although they may and sometimes do refuse to appear. (references)

Burkina Faso

The irregularities cited by observers in the actual voting process were limited in number and scope and did not appear to affect the ultimate outcome of the election. (references)

Trade

Slovak Rep

The rules appear to provide a uniform and neutral system of valuation. (references)

Argentina

If the additive in question does not appear on that list, its registration can be requested to INAL. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Health officials will often interpret the date of manufacture as an expiration date, if one does not appear on the label, and deny entry to the product. (references)

Travel

Sweden

Swedish business people appear to be willing to spend more time discussing a situation than do Americans. (references)

Slovak Rep

Titles and positions (e.g., "Ing." for Engineer) are highly regarded and routinely appear on business cards. (references)

China

Food and beverage exhibition "not-for-sale" sample-entry rules are not clearly defined and appear capriciously applied. (references)

Women

Syria

Sexual harassment does not appear to be a significant problem. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Prostitution is illegal and does not appear to be a widespread problem. (references)

Singapore

It does not appear that violence or abuse against women is a widespread problem. (references)

Worker Rights

Solomon Islands

Safety and health laws appear to be adequate. (references)

Pakistan

Some provincial laws appear to violate the BLAA. (references)

China

Workers appear to favor to arbitration over workplace mediation. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ELOQUENCE, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Appear

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Ann Richards

So my own party, they don't take after this guy. And I think the sensitivity is that they're scared to death that they'll appear unpatriotic in a very sensitive war time. And that's the White House still keeps talking war.

John McCain

Life in public service, you not only have to be careful about what you do, but you have to be careful about what you appear to do. And that is the real lesson.

Priscilla Presley

Well, he grew up in it. He was a product of the business. And that was his only way of life. He loved it. He, you know, he traveled all over before he was even really discovered by Colonel Parker. And had venues that he would appear at.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Appear

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801Among the measures of preparation which appear expedient, I take the liberty to recall your attention to the naval establishment.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809With respect to the extent to which our naval preparations should be expected to appear, but just attention to the circumstances of every part of the Union will doubtless reconcile all.

James Monroe

1817-1825The claim of the Government of France has excited not less surprise than concern, because there does not appear to be a just foundation for it in either instance.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Under every aspect in which it can be considered it would appear that advantage must result from the observance of a strict and faithful economy.

Zachary Taylor

1849-1850Elected by the American people to the highest office known to our laws, I appear here to take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and, in compliance with a time-honored custom, to address those who are now assembled.

James Buchanan

1857-1861I believe that many of the difficulties in the way, which now appear formidable, will in a great degree vanish as soon as the nearest and best route shall have been satisfactorily ascertained.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929Already we have sufficiently rearranged our domestic affairs so that confidence has returned, business has revived, and we appear to be entering an era of prosperity which is gradually reaching into every part of the Nation.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961For wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope, the hope of progress--or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963But now the winds of change appear to be blowing more strongly than ever, in the world of communism as well as our own.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Appear

"Appear" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 58.49% of the time. "Appear" is used about 10,902 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)58.49%6,3771,524
Lexical Verb (base form)41.5%4,5242,163
                    Total100.00%10,902N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Appear

Expressions using "appear": amaurotic cat's eye blindness of one eye due to various intraocular conditions in which a bright reflection is observed at the pupil as it would appear from the tapetum lucidum of a cat appear again appear as a visiting company appear before a court appear before the public appear for appear for the first time appear in court appear in numbers appear in print appear on television appear on the horizon appear on the stage appear to be fail to appear failure to appear summon smb. to appear talk of the devil and he will appear. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "appear": appear-statements.

Ending with "appear": re-appear.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Appear

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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8

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2

failure to appear

7

appear did first simpsons television when

2

appear make old paper

6

appear day did first happy when

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appear network

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appear court failure in

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appear pregnancy symptom when

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Appear

Language Translations for "appear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

verskyn (emerge, perform), skyn (appear to be, seem), lyk (appear to be, cadaver, corpse, look, seem). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

dukem (appear to be, arise, come into view, emerge, feel, manifest, seem, show, show oneself, show up, sound, stand out). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مثل (act, adage, aphorism, as, be a symbol for, be typical of, byword, case, depict, describe, example, exemplify, gnome, illustrate, illustration, instance, like, like this, maxim, perform, play, play act, portray, proverb, represent, saying, sculpt, show, stand before, stand for, such, such as, symbolize, typify), ‏إتضح (become clear, brighten up, clarify, transpire, uncloud), ‏أصدر (discharge, emanate, emit, export, issue, publish, put out, release, send out), ‏رأى النور (see the light), ‏ظهر (arise, back, brighten up, bring out, come to light, declare, declassify, define, denote, develop, evidence, exercise, exhibit, express, feature, image, indicate, infer, loom, manifest, mark, note, occur, outcrop, parade, peep, play up, poke, pop up, proclaim, produce, reveal, show, show up, spring, surface, turn up, walk), ‏بدا (imitate, look alike, ring, seem, sound). (various references)

   

Aymara

  

uñstaña (to appear). (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

inako (to appear). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

струва ми се (fancy, guess, imagine, methinks), явявам се (come, dawn, intervene, materialize, present, raise up, render, roll up, show, show up, walk), виждам се (open, shine through, show, show through), бивам издаден, появявам се (arise, blossom, come, come about, come forward, come into view, come on the scene, flicker, issue, manifest, outcrop, rise, show up, start out), изглеждам (look, seem), излизам от печат. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

露面 , (to appear, to interview, to meet, to see), 顯得 (seem), (current, existing, now, present), 出现 (Advent, Appearance, Appeared, Appearing, figured, figuring). (various references)

   

Czech

  

objevit se (arise, come along, come into being, come up, crop up, develop, emerge, peer, rise up, supervene). (various references)

   

Danish

  

se ud (look). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

opdraven (emerge, perform), opdagen (emerge, perform). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

aspekti (look), aperi (emerge, perform), ŝajni (appear to be, seem). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

tykja (appear to be, seem), síggja út (look), koma (appearance, arrive, come, emerge, end up, get, perform). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tulla näkyviin (come into sight, come into view, emerge, perform), näyttää (appear to be, have the appearance of, indicate, look, point out, seem, show). (various references)

   

French

  

sembler (appear to be), surgir, paraître (appear to be), avoir l'air de, apparaître. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

skine (appear to be, seem, shine), ferskine (emerge, perform). (various references)

   

German

  

erscheinen (apparition, appearance, arrival, come out, emerge, manifest, materialize, occurence, perform, publication, seem, to appear, to turn up, tu turn up, turn out, turn up), scheinen (appear to be, seem, shine, to appear, to seem), auftreten (act, air, appearance, arise, behave, come on, demeanor, emerge, enter, go on, haunt, kick open, manner, occur, occurre, occurrence, presence, project, to appear, to emerge, to occurre, tread). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φαίνομαι (look, peer, seem, shew, show, strike as), εμφανίζομαι (come into view, come up, make one's appearance, set in, show up, turn up). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

dukem (appear to be, seem). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להתגלות (be discovered, be revealed, come to light, emerge, outcrop), להופיע (arrive, come out, seem, shine, show, show up, turn up), לצאת לאור (be published), הופיע. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megjelenik (be published, emerge, perform, to appear, to come up, to make an appearance, to make one's appearance, to put in an appearance, to roll up, to show up, to turn up, turn out, turn up), feltûnik (emerge, perform, show up, turn up). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

koma í ljós (emerge, perform), þykja (appear to be, seem). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyingsing (break, emerge), menyimbah (bespatter, break out, splash), memunculkan (bring out into view), kelihatan (appearance). (various references)

   

Irish

  

taispeÚin (emerge, perform), taibhsigh (emerge, perform), nocht (emerge, perform), lÚithrigh (emerge, perform). (various references)

   

Italian

  

apparire (dawn, emerge, look, manifest, perform, pop up, show), parere (appear to be, look, opinion, seem, think, view). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

現れる (to appear, to become visible, to come in sight, to come out, to embody, to express oneself, to materialize), 化ける (to appear in disguise, to change for the worse, to change with age, to spoil from weathering, to take the form of). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

でさかる (to appear in profusion), みえる (to appear, to be in sight, to be seen, to look, to seem), げんずる (to appear, to decrease, to reduce, to reveal, to show, to subtract), あらわれる (to appear, to become visible, to come in sight, to come out, to embody, to express oneself, to materialize), あらわれでる (to appear), これでも (even though things may appear this way), いちばんぼし (the first star to appear in the evening), いきがる (to be stylish, to try to appear smart), (comingout, graduate, one's turn to appear on stage, outflow, rising), とびだす (to appear suddenly, to fly out, to jump out, to project, to protrude, to rush out), でる (to appear, to come forth, to leave), おもわれる (to appear, to seem), でまわる (to appear on the market, to be moving), でそろう (to appear all together, to be all present), のる (to appear, to be found in, to be in harmony with, to be mentioned in, to be recorded, to be taken in, to board, to feel like doing, to get on, to get up on, to join, to mount, to ride in, to share in, to spread), ばける (to appear in disguise, to change for the worse, to take the form of), まかりでる (to appear before, to leave, to withdraw), しんぶんにのる (to appear in the newspaper), そうだ (I hear that, it is said that, people say that, to appear that, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem that), フットライトをあびる (to appear on the stage, to be in the limelight), おもえる (to appear likely, to seem), ではじめる (to begin to appear, to begin to come in). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

나타나십시요 (reappear). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cheet rish (appearance, come out, crop up, emerge). (various references)

   

Maya

  

tiip (to appear). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

vise seg, opptre. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

aparesé (emerge, perform), parce (appear to be, seem). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

appearay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

zdawać się (appear to be, seem), wyglądać (look), pojawiać się (emerge, perform), mieć wygląd (look). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

aparecer (be published, come on, come to light, emerge, hang out, perform, rise, show, show up, to appear, turn up), parecer (appear to be, feedback, mind, notion, purport, seem, show, sight, sound). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

parecem. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se ivi (arise, break, come, come to light, crop up, dawn, emerge, loom, offer, peep, peer, perform, present, spring). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

apparair (to appear). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

являться (ghost, haunt, showed up), явиться (come, show up), казаться (see things, seem), выступать официально, выступать на сцене, выступать (beetle, erupt, march off, march out, sashay), выходить (come out, egress, exit, get out, go out, march out, open on, secede, sign off), проявляться, производить впечатление (impress, make an impression, produce an impression), предстать перед судом, предстать, появляться (come out, dawn, emerge, make an appearance, manifest, show up, spring, turn up), показываться (pop out). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

coimhead (consider, deem, emerge, look, looking, observing, perform, regard, view, watch, watching). (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

hlaga (to appear). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stupiti (step), pojaviti se (crop up, shape, show up, start up, turn out, turn up), nastupiti (set in), nastati (ensue, originate), izgledati (look, seem), iskrsnuti (come up, crop up, emerge, start up, turn up), činiti se (seem: it seems, think). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

parecer (appear to be, feeling, hallucinate, judgement, judgment, look, look like, mind, opinion, please, read, resemble, say, seem, sound, take off, think, view), aparecer (arrive, come into view, come on, come on the scene, come out, come up, develop, emerge, emersion, intervene, loom, loom up, peep out, peer, perform, roll up, show, show up, to appear, turn up, walk). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tyckas (appear to be, seem, seem to), synas (appear to be, be seen, it seems, seem, show), framträda (appear before the public, assert itself, come into sight, outstanding, prominent, stand out), förefalla (look, occur, pass, seem). (various references)

   

Thai

  

พิมพ์จำหน่าย, ปรากฏตัวต่อสาธารณะ, ปรากฏตัว (materialise), ดูเหมือนจะ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

anlaşılmak (be understood, come out, get across, prove, seep in, sink in), ortaya çıkmak (approve oneself, arise, burst, come along, come forward, come in sight, come in view, come into the open, come out, crop out, crop up, debouch, emerge, fall out, occur, offer, outcrop, shape, show up, spawn, spring, surface, turn up), gibi gelmek (seem, seem as if, seem like, strike), gözükmek, görünmek (approve oneself, break through, come, come along, come in sight, come in view, come into view, come out, haunt, look, make one's appearance, present oneself, put in an appearance, report, rise, seem, show, show up), benzemek (approach, approximate, be similar, bear resemblance to, compare, correspond, dovetail, Favor, favour, have an air of, have resemblance to, look alike, look like, match, mimic, promise, remind, remind of, resemble, resemble smb. in looks, seem, take after, take on, throw back), belli olmak (be clear, be understood, shine out, show, show up), belirmek (become clear, dawn). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

sekmek (emerge), gцrьnmek (seem). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

виступати (address, beetle, jut, pierce out, sashay, speak), виходити (alight, come of, come out, egress, exit, get out, go out, log out, proceed, step, step out, walk out), видаватися (protrude, push out), з'являтися (arise, come, dawn, emerge, ghost, make an appearance, present oneself, show up, walk), здаватися (capitulate, give in, surrender, yield up), бути явним, бути очевидним, бувати в товаристві, проявлятися, постати перед судом (appear in court), показуватися (make an appearance, peer). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ymrithio, ymddan.gos (seem), rhithio, lledrithio (haunt). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

hook'ol (emerge, perform). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Appear

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

2. mu. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

addon, aderam, aderant, aderit, aderunt, adesse, adessent, adesset, adest, adestis, adesto, adfuerat, adfuerunt, adfuisset, adfuit, adfuturam, adsint, adsum, adsumus, adsunt, appareant, appareas, appareat, apparebant, apparebat, apparebis, apparebit, apparebo, apparebunt, apparens, apparente, apparentes, apparentibus, appareo, apparere, apparerent, appareret, apparet, apparuerat, apparuerimus, apparuerint, apparueris, apparuerit, apparuerunt, apparui, apparuisse, apparuisset, apparuistis, apparuit, apparuitque, comparere, emergebant, emerserunt, existens, existi, existis, exorior, exorta, exortae, exorti, exortum, exortus, exsisto, exsisto existo, exsto, oriantur, oriatur, oriebatur, oriens, oriente, orientem, orientis, orientur, orieris, orietur, orionem, orior, orior oriri ortus, oriretur, oriri, oritur, oriuntur, pareamus, pareant, parebant, parebit, parebo, parebunt, paremus, parens, parent, parentem, parentes, parenti, parentibus, parentis, parentur, parere, parerent, pareret, pares, paret, paretis, paretur, paritura, parui, paruissemus, paruit, parvi, procedam, procedant, procedat, procede, procedebam, procedebant, procedebat, procedens, procedent, procedentem, procedentes, procedentium, procedere, procederent, procedes, procedet, procedit, procedite, procedunt, processerant, processerat, processerint, processerunt, processi, processissent, processisset, processit, processus, prodeat, prodeo, prodiendum, prodiente, prodierunt, prodiet, prodiit, prodit, proditi, proditor, prodivi, vide, videam, videamini, videamus, videant, videantur, videaris, videas, videat, videatis, videatur, videbam, videbamus, videbant, videbantque, videbantur, videbar, videbas, videbat, videbatur, videbimus, videbis, videbit, videbitis, videbitur, videbo, videbunt, videbuntque, videmus, videndum, videns, vidensque, vident, vidente, videntem, videntes, videntibus, videntis, videntium, videntum, videntur, video, videor, videram, viderant, viderat, videre, viderem, viderent, viderentur, videres, videret, videretur, videri, viderim, viderint, videris, viderit, videritis, videritque, videro, viderunt, videruntque, vides, videsne, videt, videte, videtis, videtur, vidi, vidimus, vidique, vidisse, vidissem, vidissemque, vidissent, vidisset, vidisti, vidistis, vidit, viditque, visa, visi, viso, visu, visum, visuri, visurum, visurus, visus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Appear

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 23, Verse 28
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOutwV kai umeiV exwqen men fainesqe toiV anqrwpoiV dikaioi eswqen de mestoi este upokrisewV kai anomiaV
Latin405VulgateSic et vos a foris quidem paretis hominibus iusti intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi et iniquitate
Old English990West Saxon& swa ge atewiað uton mannen riht-wisnisse.innen ge synd fulle licetenge & unrihtwisnysse.
Middle English1395WyclifSo ye with outforth semen iust to men; but with ynne ye ben ful of ypocrisy and wickidnesse.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleSo are ye for outwarde ye appere righteous vnto me when within ye are full of ypocrisie and iniquite.
Jacobean English1611King JamesEven so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Victorian English1833WebsterThus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Basic English1964OgdenEven so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Appear

LanguageMatthew Chapter 23, Verse 28
CebuanoSa ingon usab niini, sa gawas ninyo kamo nagapakita nga daw mga matarung sa atubangan sa mga tawo, apan sa sulod ninyo natugob kamo sa kamaut ug sa kadautan.
CroatianTako i vi izvana ljudima izgledate pravedni, a iznutra ste puni licemjerja i bezakonja."
DanishSåledes synes også I vel udvortes retfærdige for Menneskene; men indvortes ere I fulde af Hykleri og Lovløshed.
DutchAlzo ook schijnt gij wel den mensen van buiten rechtvaardig, maar van binnen zijt gij vol geveinsdheid en ongerechtigheid.
FinnishVoi teitä, kirjanoppineet ja fariseukset, te ulkokullatut, kun te rakennatte profeettain hautoja ja kaunistatte vanhurskasten hautakammioita,
FrenchVous de même, au dehors, vous paraissez justes aux hommes, mais, au dedans, vous êtes pleins d`hypocrisie et d`iniquité.
GermanAlso auch ihr: von außen scheint ihr den Menschen fromm, aber in wendig seid ihr voller Heuchelei und Untugend.
HungarianÉpen így ti is, kívülrõl igazaknak látszotok ugyan az emberek elõtt, de belõl rakva vagytok képmutatással és törvénytelenséggel.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBegitu juga kalian. Dari luar kalian kelihatan baik kepada orang; tetapi di dalam, kalian penuh dengan kepalsuan dan pelanggaran-pelanggar
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSedemikian juga kamu ini pun dari luar kelihatan benar kepada orang, tetapi di dalam penuh kamu dengan munafik dan dosa.
ItalianCosì anche voi apparite giusti all'esterno davanti agli uomini, ma dentro siete pieni d'ipocrisia e d'iniquità.
LatvianTâ arî jûs: ârîgi gan jûs cilvçkiem izrâdâties taisnîgi, bet iekðíîgi jûs esat liekulîbas un netaisnîbas pilni.
Manx GaelicShen myr ta shiuish neesht er cheu-mooie cairagh ayns shilley deiney, agh cheu-sthie ta shiu lane dy chraueeaght-oalsey as dy vee-chairys.
MaoriHe pena hoki koutou, ko waho e tika ana ki ta te tangata titiro, ko roto ia e ki ana i te tinihanga, i te kino.
NorwegianSåledes synes også I utvendig rettferdige for menneskene, men innvendig er I fulle av hykleri og urettferdighet.
RumanianTot awa wi voi, pe dinafarq vq arqtayi neprihqniyi oamenilor, dar pe dinlquntru sknteyi plini de fqyqrnicie wi de fqrqdelege.
RussianФБЛ Й ЧЩ РП ОБТХЦОПУФЙ ЛБЦЕФЕУШ МАДСН РТБЧЕДОЩНЙ, Б ЧОХФТЙ ЙУРПМОЕОЩ МЙГЕНЕТЙС Й ВЕЪЪБЛПОЙС.
ShuarNúnisaitrume atumsha. Chíkich shuar iismaka ti shiira ainiuitrume. Túrasha atumi Enentáinkia Ashí muijmiai Piákuiti.'
SpanishAsí también vosotros, a la verdad, por fuera os mostráis justos a los hombres; pero por dentro estáis llenos de hipocresía e iniquidad.
SwedishSå synens ock I utvärtes för människorna rättfärdiga, men invärtes ären I fulla av skrymteri och orättfärdighet.
UmaWae wo'o koi': ane hi pogau' to hi mali-na to rahilo doo, monoa' -koi. Hiaa' hi rala nono-ni topebagiu-koi pai' dada'a kehi-ni.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Appear

Derivations

Words beginning with "appear": appearance, appearances, appeared, appearing, appears. (additional references)

Words ending with "appear": coappear, disappear, reappear. (additional references)

Words containing "appear": coappeared, coappearing, coappears, disappearance, disappearances, disappeared, disappearing, disappears, nonappearance, nonappearances, reappearance, reappearances, reappeared, reappearing, reappears. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Appear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apae, apar, apara, apea, apear, apeare, Apoai, appaer, Apparao, Apparc, appare, appea, appeara, appeard, appeare, appeart, appeas, apperal, appere, apperi, appia, Appiah, appier, appoi, Apsewac, aupear, oppear, papaer, papera, Papior, tapear. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Appear"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "appear" (pronounced upi"r)
4u p i" rdisappear, reappear.
3-p i" rpeer, pier, spear, Speer, speir.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Appear

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-p-p-r"

-1 letter: paper, parae.

-2 letters: aper, area, papa, para, pare, pear, perp, prep, rape, reap, repp.

-3 letters: ape, are, ear, era, pap, par, pea, pep, per, rap, rep.

-4 letters: aa, ae, ar, er, pa, pe, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-p-p-r"
 

+1 letter: apparel, appears, parapet.

 

+2 letters: apparels, apparent, appealer, appeared, appeaser, appraise, coappear, palpebra, parapets, preadapt, priapean, rapparee, reappear, tarpaper, trappean.

 

+3 letters: appareled, appealers, appearing, appeasers, appertain, applauder, applecart, appraised, appraisee, appraiser, appraises, approbate, catnapper, coappears, disappear, palpebrae, palpebral, palpebras, paperback, parapeted, phalarope, preadapts, propagate, propylaea, rapparees, reappears, sandpaper, scrapheap, scrappage, tarpapers, wallpaper.

 

+4 letters: apocarpies, appareling, apparelled, apparently, appearance, appertains, applauders, applecarts, appraisees, appraisers, appraisive, appreciate, approached, approaches, approbated, approbates, approvable, catnappers, coappeared, disappears, glasspaper, inapparent, papaverine, paperbacks, paperboard, papermaker, paraphrase, paraphyses, paraplegia, paraplegic, phalaropes, preadapted, prepackage, preparator, primiparae, propagable, propagated, propagates, reappeared, reappraise, recappable, sandpapers, sandpapery, scrapheaps, scrappages, unapparent, wallpapers, wastepaper.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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