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Definition: Appear |
AppearVerb1. 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: AppearSynonyms: come along (v), come out (v), look (v), seem (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: disappear (v), vanish (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Appear |
| Etymologies containing "appear": Triphane. (references) |
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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) | |
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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. |
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| "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." |
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| Author | Quotation |
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. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
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) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
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 |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(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. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Among the measures of preparation which appear expedient, I take the liberty to recall your attention to the naval establishment. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | With 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 | 1817-1825 | The 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 | 1829-1837 | Under 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 | 1849-1850 | Elected 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 | 1857-1861 | I 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 | 1923-1929 | Already 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 | 1953-1961 | For 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 | 1961-1963 | But 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 | 2001-2005 | Some 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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 58.49% | 6,377 | 1,524 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 41.5% | 4,524 | 2,163 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10,902 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
| 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. |
| 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 , 見 (to appear, to interview, to meet, to see), 顯得 (seem), 現 (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), で (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 2. mu. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 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. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OutwV kai umeiV exwqen men fainesqe toiV anqrwpoiV dikaioi eswqen de mestoi este upokrisewV kai anomiaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sic et vos a foris quidem paretis hominibus iusti intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi et iniquitate |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & swa ge atewiað uton mannen riht-wisnisse.innen ge synd fulle licetenge & unrihtwisnysse. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | So ye with outforth semen iust to men; but with ynne ye ben ful of ypocrisy and wickidnesse. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | So are ye for outwarde ye appere righteous vnto me when within ye are full of ypocrisie and iniquite. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Even 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. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Sa 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. |
| Croatian | Tako i vi izvana ljudima izgledate pravedni, a iznutra ste puni licemjerja i bezakonja." |
| Danish | Således synes også I vel udvortes retfærdige for Menneskene; men indvortes ere I fulde af Hykleri og Lovløshed. |
| Dutch | Alzo ook schijnt gij wel den mensen van buiten rechtvaardig, maar van binnen zijt gij vol geveinsdheid en ongerechtigheid. |
| Finnish | Voi teitä, kirjanoppineet ja fariseukset, te ulkokullatut, kun te rakennatte profeettain hautoja ja kaunistatte vanhurskasten hautakammioita, |
| French | Vous de même, au dehors, vous paraissez justes aux hommes, mais, au dedans, vous êtes pleins d`hypocrisie et d`iniquité. |
| German | Also auch ihr: von außen scheint ihr den Menschen fromm, aber in wendig seid ihr voller Heuchelei und Untugend. |
| Hungarian | Épen így ti is, kívülrõl igazaknak látszotok ugyan az emberek elõtt, de belõl rakva vagytok képmutatással és törvénytelenséggel. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Begitu juga kalian. Dari luar kalian kelihatan baik kepada orang; tetapi di dalam, kalian penuh dengan kepalsuan dan pelanggaran-pelanggar |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sedemikian juga kamu ini pun dari luar kelihatan benar kepada orang, tetapi di dalam penuh kamu dengan munafik dan dosa. |
| Italian | Così anche voi apparite giusti all'esterno davanti agli uomini, ma dentro siete pieni d'ipocrisia e d'iniquità. |
| Latvian | Tâ arî jûs: ârîgi gan jûs cilvçkiem izrâdâties taisnîgi, bet iekðíîgi jûs esat liekulîbas un netaisnîbas pilni. |
| Manx Gaelic | Shen myr ta shiuish neesht er cheu-mooie cairagh ayns shilley deiney, agh cheu-sthie ta shiu lane dy chraueeaght-oalsey as dy vee-chairys. |
| Maori | He 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. |
| Norwegian | Således synes også I utvendig rettferdige for menneskene, men innvendig er I fulle av hykleri og urettferdighet. |
| Rumanian | Tot awa wi voi, pe dinafarq vq arqtayi neprihqniyi oamenilor, dar pe dinlquntru sknteyi plini de fqyqrnicie wi de fqrqdelege. |
| Russian | ФБЛ Й ЧЩ РП ОБТХЦОПУФЙ ЛБЦЕФЕУШ МАДСН РТБЧЕДОЩНЙ, Б ЧОХФТЙ ЙУРПМОЕОЩ МЙГЕНЕТЙС Й ВЕЪЪБЛПОЙС. |
| Shuar | Núnisaitrume atumsha. Chíkich shuar iismaka ti shiira ainiuitrume. Túrasha atumi Enentáinkia Ashí muijmiai Piákuiti.' |
| Spanish | Así también vosotros, a la verdad, por fuera os mostráis justos a los hombres; pero por dentro estáis llenos de hipocresía e iniquidad. |
| Swedish | Så synens ock I utvärtes för människorna rättfärdiga, men invärtes ären I fulla av skrymteri och orättfärdighet. |
| Uma | Wae 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. | |
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "appear" (pronounced upi"r) |
| 4 | u p i" r | disappear, reappear. |
| 3 | -p i" r | peer, pier, spear, Speer, speir. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 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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