appear
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(verb) come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
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Related Words: basset, break, break through, burst forth, burst out, come on, come out, come through, come to hand, come to light, crop out, crop up, emerge, erupt, flash, leap out, outcrop, pop out, pop up, push through, re-emerge, reappear, rush out, sally out, show, show up, surface, turn out, turn up |
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Antonyms: disappear |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: come along |
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Related Words: gleam |
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Antonyms: disappear |
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(verb) be issued or published, as of news in a paper, a book, or a movie; "Did your latest book appear yet?" "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" |
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Synonyms: come out |
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Related Words: happen, materialize |
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(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" |
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Related Words: do, execute, perform |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: seem |
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Related Words: be, seem |
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(verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority; "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft" |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: look, seem |
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Related Words: be, beam, come across, cut, feel, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, jump, jump out, leap out, lift, loom, make, pass off, radiate, rear, rise, shine, sound, stand out |
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