Meaning of "appear" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APPEAR

From Old French aparoir, from Latin appārēre to become visible, attend upon, from pārēre to appear.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF APPEAR

appear  [əˈpɪə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPEAR

Appear is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb appear in English.

WHAT DOES APPEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Appear

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Definition of appear in the English dictionary

The first definition of appear in the dictionary is to come into sight or view. Other definition of appear is to seem or look. Appear is also to be plain or clear, as after further evidence, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO APPEAR

PRESENT

Present

I appear

you appear

he/she/it appears

we appear

you appear

they appear

Present continuous

I am appearing

you are appearing

he/she/it is appearing

we are appearing

you are appearing

they are appearing

Present perfect

I have appeared

you have appeared

he/she/it has appeared

we have appeared

you have appeared

they have appeared

Present perfect continuous

I have been appearing

you have been appearing

he/she/it has been appearing

we have been appearing

you have been appearing

they have been appearing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I appeared

you appeared

he/she/it appeared

we appeared

you appeared

they appeared

Past continuous

I was appearing

you were appearing

he/she/it was appearing

we were appearing

you were appearing

they were appearing

Past perfect

I had appeared

you had appeared

he/she/it had appeared

we had appeared

you had appeared

they had appeared

Past perfect continuous

I had been appearing

you had been appearing

he/she/it had been appearing

we had been appearing

you had been appearing

they had been appearing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will appear

you will appear

he/she/it will appear

we will appear

you will appear

they will appear

Future continuous

I will be appearing

you will be appearing

he/she/it will be appearing

we will be appearing

you will be appearing

they will be appearing

Future perfect

I will have appeared

you will have appeared

he/she/it will have appeared

we will have appeared

you will have appeared

they will have appeared

Future perfect continuous

I will have been appearing

you will have been appearing

he/she/it will have been appearing

we will have been appearing

you will have been appearing

they will have been appearing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would appear

you would appear

he/she/it would appear

we would appear

you would appear

they would appear

Conditional continuous

I would be appearing

you would be appearing

he/she/it would be appearing

we would be appearing

you would be appearing

they would be appearing

Conditional perfect

I would have appear

you would have appear

he/she/it would have appear

we would have appear

you would have appear

they would have appear

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been appearing

you would have been appearing

he/she/it would have been appearing

we would have been appearing

you would have been appearing

they would have been appearing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you appear
we let´s appear
you appear

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to appear

Past participle

appeared

Present Participle

appearing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «APPEAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «appear» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of appear

act · arise · arrive · attend · come on · come out · come to light · crop up · develop · emerge · enter · issue · loom · materialize · occur · perform · play · play a part · seem · show · show up · surface · turn out · turn up

TRANSLATION OF APPEAR

Find out the translation of appear to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of appear from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «appear» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 看来
• Translator English - Spanish: parecer
• English: appear
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रकट
• Translator English - Arabic: يَظْهَرُ
• Translator English - Russian: казаться
• Translator English - Portuguese: parecer
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রদর্শিত
• Translator English - French: paraître
• Translator English - Malay: Muncul
• Translator English - German: scheinen
• Translator English - Japanese: 現れる
• Translator English - Korean: 나타나다
• Translator English - Javanese: Katon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trông có vẻ
• Translator English - Tamil: தோன்றும்
• Translator English - Marathi: दिसेल
• Translator English - Turkish: görünmek
• Translator English - Italian: sembrare
• Translator English - Polish: pojawić się
• Translator English - Ukrainian: з´являтися
• Translator English - Romanian: a părea
• Translator English - Greek: εμφανίζομαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verskyn
• Translator English - Swedish: uppträda
• Translator English - Norwegian: synes å være / virke som

10 QUOTES WITH «APPEAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word appear.

1

Eric Alterman

Liberals do not appear to address potential solutions with anything like the far right's aura of God-given self-confidence.

2

Kevin J. Anderson

Telling your story out loud is the way human beings communicate. We don't normally think up words, translate how to spell them and then move our fingers up and down over this randomly arranged set of keys to make the same letters appear on a screen.

3

Wes Anderson

My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear.

4

Jeffrey Archer

When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up.

5

John James Audubon

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.

6

Irving Babbitt

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

7

Tom Barrett

With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.

8

Arthur Bloch

A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

9

Thomas Bulfinch

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

10

John Burroughs

Leap, and the net will appear.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPEAR»

Discover the use of appear in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to appear and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Jump and the Net Will Appear: Discovering the Art of ...

A motivational speaker recounts how he journeyed from a career as a burned-out musician to a successful entrepreneur, in a guide that counsels readers on how to take risks, overcome limiting beliefs, and focus on dreams.

Robin Crow, 2002

Bound to Appear: Art, Slavery, and the Site of Blackness in ...

A smart account of a defining moment in African American contemporary art.

Huey Copeland, 2013

Let Those who Appear

Work of the Japanese poet translated into English.

Kazuko Shiraishi, 2002

Failure to Appear

A shattering tale of tragedy and horror from top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance.

J. A. Jance, 2009

And He Shall Appear as an Angel of Light

There will be severe changes in our global climate, famines, earthquakes, diseases, and worldwide political upheaval. These are not just outlandish fantasies, but truths based on biblical facts.

Mary E. Preston, 2012

Recovery Act: Most DoE Cleanup Projects Appear to be Meeting ...

The report reviewed Recovery Act project documentation and performance data for 84 projects at 17 sites, and visited the 4 sites receiving most of the funding. Charts and tables.

Gene Aloise, 2010

What Factors Appear to Drive Private Capital Flows to ...

Private portfolio flows to a country tend to rise in response to an increase in the current account deficit, a rise in foreign direct investment flows, higher per capita income, and growth performance.

Dipak Das Gupta, Dilip Ratha, 2000

The stars appear

The first thirty years of motion pictures were a major turning-point in American culture.

Richard Dyer MacCann, 1992

How Phenomena Appear to Unfold

New and Expanded Edition. "In 'Eco-logic in Writing,' one of many brilliant essay-talks in this volume, Leslie Scalapino asks, 'Seeing the the moment of, or at the time of, writing, what difference does one's living make?

Leslie Scalapino, 2011

Rainbows Appear: Tibetan Poems of Shabkar

Illustrations. “beautiful writing”) is an art where word and image meet, where the artist strives to give visual expression to the meaning of words in a way that transcends the text while remaining completely faithful to it.

Źabs-dkar Tshogs-drug-raṅ-grol, Matthieu Ricard, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPEAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term appear is used in the context of the following news items.

Two men appear in court for possession of dagga

Two men were expected to appear in the Madikwe Magistrate's Court, outside Rustenburg on Monday for possession of dagga with an ... «The New Age Online, Jul 15»

117 health workers to appear in court

Bloemfontein - At least 117 community health workers will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly taking part in ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»

Woman Charged In Rossing Disappearance To Appear In Court

Woman Charged In Rossing Disappearance To Appear In Court. July 6, 2015 8:15 AM. View Comments. Related Tags: Charges, Christopher Rossing, Court, ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»

British Grand Prix: once mighty McLaren appear to have lowered F1 …

Jenson Button climbs out of his car after retiring on the first lap of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Alcohol, speed appear to be factors in fatal motorcycle crash

CONSTATINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A man was killed after he drove off the road and hit a tree early Saturday morning. The crash ... «WOODTV.com, Jul 15»

Saudi's targeting of market share does not appear to be working

Saudi's export volumes are curious, however, in that they do not exude an obvious trait of stealing market share. In fact, they don't even appear ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»

Hong Kong Action Star Donnie Yen To Appear In Star Wars VIII?

According to Apple Daily, Martial artist and Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen (Ip Man) is joining the Star Wars universe. The Hong Kong ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»

Willow Smith to Appear on Drake's Views From the 6?

Whether or not her ethereal vocals will appear on his upcoming album, Views From the 6, clearly can't be confirmed from the post. However, it's ... «BET, Jul 15»

Hafeez all set to appear in bowling action test today

CHENNAI (Dunya News) – All-rounder and star player Mohammad Hafeez has all set to appear in International Cricket Council (ICC) bowling ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»

Ambiga and Cyrus Das get licences to appear in Sarawak

Both lawyers will appear for the respondents in the Election Commission's appeal before the Court of Appeal against a decision to nullify its ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»