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Verb appear has 7 senses
- look, appear, seem - 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"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
They appear to move
- appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
Antonyms: disappear, vanish, go away
Sample sentence:
The moon will soon appear
- appear, come out - be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"
--3 is one way to happen, materialize, materialise
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- appear, seem - seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
--4 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
It ----s that CLAUSE
- appear, come along - 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"
Antonyms: vanish, disappear
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- appear - 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"
--6 is one way to perform, execute, do
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- appear - present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority; "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft"
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
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