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appear English

Meaning appear meaning

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appear Verb

— If something appears a certain way, it looks or seems that way. At first glance, this would appear to be true. The problems appear likely to continue. school size and class size do not appear to be important factors affecting progress on test scores. — If something appears, it comes into sight. She was studying when her mother appeared in the doorway. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Lars appeared next to her. — If something appears in a book, movie, TV program, etc., it is in it. He has appeared in over 100 movies. The word appears nowhere in this book. His articles have appeared in the New York Times.

appear

— verb (= look, seem) 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 — verb come into sight or view He suddenly appeared at the wedding A new star appeared on the horizon — verb (= come out) be issued or published Did your latest book appear yet? The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet — verb (= seem) seem to be true, probable, or apparent It seems that he is very gifted It appears that the weather in California is very bad — verb (= come along) 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 — verb 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 — verb present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority He had to appear in court last month She appeared on several charges of theft

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appear English » English

seem emerge come into view arise look occur turn up show up come out show become visible visible happen come up come arrive seen rise perform manifest come forth show oneself come into sight materialize look like come to light be visible appear to be act turn out spring up present oneself originate born be seen take place sprout reach present found develop crop up come into being break out be approach take shape surface sparkle published

Topics appear topics

What do people use appear to talk about?
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Seem
Universe, creation Sky Sun

Planet
Person Sense, perceive See Visible

Appear
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Publish
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Beginning
Grammar General words Be

Exist
Social behavior Social activity

Drama

Conjugation appear conjugation

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Simple sentences

I waited for an hour, but he didn't appear.
Some stars began to appear in the night sky.
Tom doesn't appear to be getting up.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.
Tom was asked to appear on television.
You're making yourself appear cheap.
The words would appear on his computer screen.
The boy is sick, though he doesn't appear so.
Miss Jackson did not appear.
I hope that Emi will appear soon. I'm tired of waiting for her.
My name doesn't appear on the list.
You have to appear in person.
When did TV appear?
Kelly will appear on TV.

Movie subtitles

Just because you appear young.
Did Grim Reapers appear?
It would appear so.
Now, as the one named in the suit, you'll need to appear at the table, but you don't need to say anything.
Seven gigantic stars representing the Great Bear appear slowly, and out of the stars come faces of women who seem annoyed at the presence of these intruders in the moon.
All victims appear to have the same strange wounds on their necks, the origin of which is still a mystery to doctors.
Well, finally you appear!
She'll appear in your revue.
Only native-born south sea islanders. appear in this picture with a few half-castes and chinese.
You appear to be serious.
Because the King refuses to appear before his people today.
Two years ago, however, certain words began to appear on the paper.
He does not appear to be quite right.
He should appear, you know.
It would appear his intention is to use the flying debris field in an attempt to destroy my terminal.
Ivan, it would seem your former comrades are more competent than they appear.
It would appear someone's detected the sensor I sent up to the surface.
She's tried to appear mysterious in an attempt to create doubt in your minds.
My name is not to appear.
You appear to be nervous.
Invisibility-effects highlights from the group appear as part of the video documentary included on this special-edition DVD.
You've only to appear in public and the mob starts shouting.
You'll therefore have to take on trust many things which may appear to you not only unreasonable but at times absolutely impossible.
And when you rave of your insane desire to create living men from the dust of the dead, a strange apparition has seemed to appear in the room.
It would appear then that my crew is still a little dubious. as to the merits of His Majesty's offer.
By the way, it would be disgraceful for an officer to appear before his commandant's daughter in such a condition.
We don't want to appear greedy.
Even a woman like me who is unfamiliar with the arts of war can tell from your conduct and expression that you appear to be a man who could be slashed to death at any moment.
They appear to be unrelated but their funding comes from Duke Red.
YOU, UH, APPEAR TO BE ROBBING YOUR OWN SAFE.
Listen, you don't really think we'd let Barbara appear in a professional show?
Now, if he should appear eccentric, or. or strange in any way, take no notice.
If you prefer that the Martels appear on the front pages of the papers, it's up to you.
These things appear enigmatic and mysterious. that hundreds of thousands would be led to assemble. amidst calamity and passion.
I tried to appear to respect his beliefs. but wanted to remain alien to his activities.
Appear! Disappear!
Appear!
A girl goes into that house. She stays there. Then two men come out who appear to be going on a little trip.

News and current affairs

Scientists appear to know the mechanism that generates weather, even if it is inherently difficult to extrapolate very far.
Years of bad news appear to have passed the Germans by without a trace.
Her poor timing made the initiative appear heartless, as thousands of civilians were being uprooted, killed, or maimed by Israel's efficient but ruthless artillery and air force.
But his administration's actions - including serious blunders in Iran and Afghanistan - made the US appear weak and indecisive.
Most commentators appear to think that Bush's latest prescription - a surge of 20,000 additional troops to suppress the militias in Baghdad - will, at best, merely postpone the inevitable death of his dream of a democratic Iraq.
In principle, all of Russia's political elites appear to have - or pretend to have - resigned themselves to a political landscape with Putin alone on the mountaintop and everyone else consigned to the valley below.
But this aim does not appear to be creating a European identity, as the euro has.
France, by contrast, does not appear to have noticed the writing on the wall.
Russia sniffs at the idea of demotion, and American officials appear to have decided to steer clear of the semantic debate.
While the only safe bet is continuing high volatility, we are at an unusual juncture where the short- and long-term trends appear to be very different.
Benefits would appear almost immediately, but would dissipate over time as economies developed.
In the eyes of Western (including Japanese) political leaders, it has never amounted to more than a small, fringe country whose economic failings made it appear to be poised perpetually on the edge of self-destruction.
Initial warning signs of a pandemic are most likely to appear in the developing world, but detection nodes should be positioned in every country, with the least possible expense.
But the Saudis appear to be less religious than their fellow Muslims.
In both places, other policymaking entities, with much better tools at their disposal, appear either unwilling or unable to play their part.
In Europe, clusters of SMEs appear able to achieve economies of scale and scope, and thus to succeed collectively in global markets.
Although the threatened indictment of al-Bashir has prompted protest in Khartoum, no one expects him to appear in court soon.
Although some of those tensions appear purely bilateral, the Georgian-Russian conflict demonstrates that there is no such thing anymore in this globalized world, and certainly not in this interconnected region.
But any cure would have to be administered before the plaques form, and years before symptoms of dementia appear.
Today, US authorities appear willing to contemplate any measure, no matter how inflationary, to insure that none of its major banks and investment houses fails.
The other 97 deficits did not magically appear.
Instead, public servants now appear to be in cahoots with Wall Street to engineer an artificial aura of profitability.
Iran's leaders appear to believe that the US, having incurred extremely high economic and human costs from more than a decade of war, would rather avoid another military intervention.
A few key indicators appear to support this.
Any subsequent legal reform in Ukraine would appear hollow.
While improved relations and diminished prospects for conflict are welcome, relations between India and China are more complex than they appear at first.

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