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US
/əˈpɪɹ/
]
[ UK /ɐpˈiə/ ]
[ UK /ɐpˈiə/ ]
VERB
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give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
This appears to be a very difficult problem
She seems to be sleeping
They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time
This project looks fishy -
be issued or published
Did your latest book appear yet?
The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet -
come into sight or view
A new star appeared on the horizon
He suddenly appeared at the wedding -
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 -
present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
She appeared on several charges of theft
He had to appear in court last month -
appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage
Gielgud appears briefly in this movie -
seem to be true, probable, or apparent
It seems that he is very gifted
It appears that the weather in California is very bad
How To Use appear In A Sentence
- He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
- My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.
- But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
- This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
- Since then neither the printer nor wireless internet router appeared to be working. Times, Sunday Times
- It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance.
- A painful red stroke appeared on her chest as the sword grazed her skin.
- For example, paper might appear to be two-dimensional because it is so thin.
- The chapel or church claims greater antiquity than any other in that part of the kingdom; but there is no appearance of this in the external aspect of the present edifice, unless it be in the two eastern windows, which remain unmodernized, and in the lower part of the steeple. The Life of Charlotte Bronte
- Over Fate of Georgia, Provinces With Russian forces appearing to hunker down in Georgia, U.S. and European officials now face a pricklier challenge: Moscow's insistence that it has the right to help break up the country. U.S.-Russia Relations Turn Cold
