ap·pear  /əˈpɪər/

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"

synset: look, appear, seem

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

synset: appear

antonym: disappear, vanish, go_away

3. be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

synset: appear, 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"

synset: appear, 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"

synset: appear, come_along

antonym: vanish, disappear

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"

synset: appear

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

synset: appear

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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