appear

appear has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. i.. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
• v. i.. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
• v. i.. 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.
• v. i.. 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.
• v. i.. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
• n.. Appearance.
• v.. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
• v.. 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"
• v.. be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"
• v.. 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"
• v.. 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"
• v.. seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"