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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. 1intransitive verb

    To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

  2. 2intransitive verb

    To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

  3. 3intransitive 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. 4intransitive 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. 5intransitive verb

    To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

  6. 6noun

    Appearance.

  7. 7verb

    come into sight or view

    "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"

    "A new star appeared on the horizon"

  8. 8verb

    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. 9verb

    be issued or published

    "Did your latest book appear yet?"

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

  10. 10verb

    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. 11verb

    give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

    "She seems to be sleeping"

    "This appears to be a very difficult problem"

    Synonyms

    lookseem
  12. 12verb

    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. 13verb

    present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority

    "He had to appear in court last month"

    "She appeared on several charges of theft"

Synonyms

lookseem

Common word forms

appearsappearedappearerappearing

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