appear

== English == === Alternative forms === appeare, appeer, appeere (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir), from Latin appāreō (“I appear”), from ad (“to”) + pāreō (“I come forth, I become visible”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɪɹ/, [əˈpʰɪɹ] (Scotland) IPA(key): /əˈpiːɹ/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) === Verb === appear (third-person singular simple present appears, present participle appearing, simple past and past participle appeared) (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. (intransitive) To come before the public. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. (intransitive) 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. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. (transitive) To bring into view ==== Usage notes ==== In the senses be obvious and seem, appear is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs Particularly in the senses be obvious, seem, and bring into view, appear is a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to become visible): emerge; see also Thesaurus:appear (to seem): look ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “to become visible”): disappear, vanish ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== appearance apparent appearer ==== Translations ====