appear

appear is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
2. intransitive verb. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
3. intransitive verb. 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.
4. intransitive verb. 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.
5. intransitive verb. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
6. noun. Appearance.
7. verb. come into sight or view

   "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"

   "A new star appeared on the horizon"

8. verb. 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"

9. verb. be issued or published

   "Did your latest book appear yet?"

   "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

10. 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"

11. verb. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

    "She seems to be sleeping"

    "This appears to be a very difficult problem"

    Synonyms: look, seem

12. verb. seem to be true, probable, or apparent

    "It seems that he is very gifted"

    "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

    Synonyms: seem

13. verb. present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority

    "He had to appear in court last month"

    "She appeared on several charges of theft"

Synonyms

look, seem

Common word forms

appears, appeared, appearer, appearing

Words from these letters

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