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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Appear \Ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appeared; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Appearing.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F.
     apparoir, fr. L. appar?re to appear + par?reto come forth, to
     be visible; prob. from the same root as par?re to produce.
     Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i.]
     1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear.
                                                    --Gen. i. 9.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at
        that time.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or
        superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the
        like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before
        a court, or as a person to be tried.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We must all appear before the judgment seat.
                                                    --[hand] Cor.
                                                    v. 10.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to
              appear.                               --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be
        known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as
        a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It doth not yet appear what we shall be. --1 John
                                                    iii. 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Of their vain contest appeared no end. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They disfigure their faces, that they may appear
              unto men to fast.                     --Matt. vi.
                                                    16.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To seem; look. See Seem.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Appear \Ap*pear"\, n.
     Appearance. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Appear \Ap*pear"\, n.
     Appearance. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Appear \Ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appeared; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Appearing.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F.
     apparoir, fr. L. appar?re to appear + par?reto come forth, to
     be visible; prob. from the same root as par?re to produce.
     Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i.]
     1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
  
              And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear.
                                                    --Gen. i. 9.
  
     2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at
        that time.
  
     3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or
        superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the
        like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before
        a court, or as a person to be tried.
  
              We must all appear before the judgment seat.
                                                    --[hand] Cor.
                                                    v. 10.
  
              One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to
              appear.                               --Macaulay.
  
     4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be
        known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as
        a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
  
              It doth not yet appear what we shall be. --1 John
                                                    iii. 2.
  
              Of their vain contest appeared no end. --Milton.
  
     5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  
              They disfigure their faces, that they may appear
              unto men to fast.                     --Matt. vi.
                                                    16.
  
     Syn: To seem; look. See Seem.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  appear
       v 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" [syn: look, seem]
       2: come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the
          wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" [ant: disappear]
       3: be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?";
          "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" [syn: come
          out]
       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" [syn: seem]
       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" [syn: come along]
          [ant: vanish]
       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"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  appear
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (αμτβ) εμφανίζομαι
     2 (αμτβ) φαίνομαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  appear
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become
  visible.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  appear
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become
  visible.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  appear
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become
  visible.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  appear
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become
  visible.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  appear
     Englanti vb.
     1 ilmestyä
     2 näyttäytyä
     3 (rak en inf) näyttää tekevän jtak

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  appear
     Engelska vb.
     1 framträda, uppträda
     2 dyka upp

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  1. verskyn
  2. lyk
  3. skyn

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  lyk, skyn

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Appear /ɐpˈiə/
  اظهر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  appear //əˈpiːɹ// //əˈpɪə// //əˈpɪɹ// /[əˈpʰɪɹ]/ 
  1. явя́ се, явя́вам се 2.
  to come before the public
   3.
  to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like
  2. покажа, показвам, появя́ се, появя́вам се
  to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  vyjít najevo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  ukazovat se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  dostavit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  připadat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  objevovat se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  jevit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  vyjít
           Note: "tiskem"

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  objevit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  vypadat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  zdát se

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  ymddangos 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  in Erscheinung treten 
     Synonym: manifest themselves
  
   see: appearing, manifesting themselves, appeared, manifested themselves
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  auftreten  [öffentlich] , sich zeigen , mitwirken  [soc.]
           Note: bei etw.
        "appear in public"  - sich in der Öffentlichkeit zeigen
        "appear on television"  - im Fernsehen auftreten
        "appear as a witness"  - als Zeuge auftreten
        "make one's first (stage) appearance"  - zum ersten Mal auftreten/auf der Bühne stehen
        "The governor put in an appearance at the festival."  - Der Gouverneur zeigte sich auf dem Fest.
        "He has already appeared in a number of films."  - Er hat schon in mehreren Filmen mitgespielt/mitgewirkt.
        "He has been appearing as a guest conductor with different orchestras since 2010."  - Er tritt seit 2010 als Gastdirigent mit verschiedenen Orchestern auf.
        "She appears briefly in the new James Bond film."  - Sie hat einen kurzen Auftritt im neuen James-Bond-Film.
        "He is currently appearing as Petruchio in 'The Taming of the Shrew'."  - Er steht derzeit als Petruchio in „Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung“ auf der Bühne/vor der Kamera.
        "Tomorrow, he will make his last appearance for the club."  - Morgen wird er zum letzten Mal für den Club spielen.
        "The two fraudsters appear as a couple in public."  - Die beiden Betrüger treten (in der Öffentlichkeit) als Ehepaar auf.
     Synonyms: make an appearance, put in an appearance
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  auftreten, in Erscheinung treten  [soc.]
           Note: Person
        "appear energetic/confident"  - energisch/sicher auftreten
     Synonym: act
  
   see: acting, appearing, acted, appeared, have an energetic/a confident manner
  
           Note: of a person

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  erglänzen 
     Synonyms: shine, gleam, shine out, begin to sparkle
  
           Note: sun, light

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  erscheinen, auftauchen, sichtbar werden, zum Vorschein kommen , sich zeigen 
        "he/she/it appears"  - er/sie/es erscheint
        "I/he/she/it appeared"  - ich/er/sie/es erschien
        "he/she/it has/had appeared"  - er/sie/es ist/war erschienen
        "as will presently appear"  - wie sich gleich zeigen wird
   see: appearing, appeared
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  scheinen 
        "it appears as if …"  - es scheint, dass…, es scheint, als ob …
        "as it would appear"  - wie es scheint
        "It would appear to me that …"  - Es will mir scheinen als ob …
   see: appearing, appeared, it appeared
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  hinzutreten 
           Note: Person
     Synonyms: come, arrive
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  
  διαφαίνομαι, φαίνομαι, εμφανίζομαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  appear //əˈpiːɹ// //əˈpɪə// //əˈpɪɹ// /[əˈpʰɪɹ]/ 
  1. ilmestyä, näyttää
  to become visible to the apprehension of the mind
  2. ilmestyä
  to come before the public
  3. ilmestyä, tulla näkyviin
  to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
  4. näyttää, vaikuttaa
  to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look
  5. ilmestyä, näyttäytyä
  to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  appear /əpiər/
  1. paraître, apparaître, surgir
  2. avoir l'air de
  3. sembler

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  appear /əpiər/
  láithrigh, nocht, taibhsigh, taispeáin

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  1. दिखाई~पड़ना, दिख~पड़ना
        "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"
  2. प्रकट~होना
        "He suddenly appeared at the wedding."
  3. प्रकाशित~होना
        "Did your latest book appear yet?"
  4. उपस्थित~होना
        "He had to appear in court last month."
  5. जान~पड़ना
        "It appears that he is not going to come."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  doći na vidjelo, granuti, istupiti, izaći, izaći u štampi, izgledati, nastupati, nastupiti, niknuti, pojave, pojaviti, pojaviti se, pojavljivati, pojavljuju, pokazati se, pomoliti se, ukazati se, činiti se

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  1. apparire
  2. parere

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  parere

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  appear //əˈpiːɹ// //əˈpɪə// //əˈpɪɹ// /[əˈpʰɪɹ]/ 
  1. 現れる
  to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
  2. そう, ように見える, らしい, 思われる
  to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  appear /əpiər/
  apparere, comparere

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  appear /əpiər/
  1. rodytis, atrodyti
  2. pasirodyti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  appear /əˈpɪə/ 
   1.  pojawiać się
   2.  ukazywać się
   3.  występować (in - w)
   4.  stawiać się
   5.  wydawać się

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  appear /əpiər/
  1. aparecer, publicar-se, sair à luz, vir a lume
  2. representar, ter aparência de, ter aspecto de
  3. mostrar-se, parecer

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  appear /əpiər/
  1. aparecer
  2. parecer

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  appear /əpiərtoub/
  parecer

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  appear //əˈpiːɹ// //əˈpɪə// //əˈpɪɹ// /[əˈpʰɪɹ]/ 
  1. framträda, uppenbara sig
  to come before the public
  2. framträda, dyka upp, komma i dagen, komma i ljuset
  to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible
  3. se ut
  to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/ 
  
  tokea

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  appear /ɐpˈiə/
  1. gözükmek, görünmek
  2. belirmek
  3. meydana çıkmak, zuhur etmek
  4. aşikâr olmak, belli olmak
  5. bizzat veya vekil  vasıtasıyla mahkeme huzuruna çıkmak, ispatı vücut etmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈpɪɹ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  123 Moby Thesaurus words for "appear":
     act, act as foil, appear like, approach, arise, arrive, assister,
     attend, barnstorm, be at, be evident, be noticeable, be present at,
     be revealed, be seen, be visible, become known, become manifest,
     become visible, break forth, catch, chance, come, come along,
     come forth, come forward, come in sight, come into being,
     come into existence, come on, come out, come to, come to hand,
     come to light, come up, crop out, crop up, do, draw on, emanate,
     emerge, emote, emotionalize, enter, fade in, feel, figure, get out,
     get top billing, glare, go to, happen, have no secrets,
     heave in sight, issue, issue forth, leak out, look, look forth,
     look like, look on, loom, loom large, manifest itself, materialize,
     meet the gaze, mime, occur, open up, out, outcrop, pantomime,
     patter, peep out, perform, play, play the lead, playact, pop up,
     present itself, rear its head, register, rise, see, see the light,
     seem, seem like, seem to be, shine out, shine through, show,
     show its colors, show its face, show through, show up, sit in,
     sketch, sound, sound like, speak out, speak up, spring, spring up,
     stand forth, stand out, stand revealed, star, steal the show,
     stooge, stream forth, strike the eye, surface, take a stand,
     take in, transpire, tread the boards, troupe, turn up, upstage,
     vise, visit, watch, witness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 出现,显得;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 出现,出场,出席,露面;似乎,好像,显得

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