appear
pronunciation
How to pronounce appear in British English:
UK [əˈpɪə(r)]
How to pronounce appear in American English:
US [əˈpɪr]
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- Verb:
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- come into sight or view
- be issued or published
- seem to be true, probable, or apparent
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
- present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
Word Origin
- appear
- appear: [13] Appear comes via Old French apareir from Latin appārēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- and pārēre ‘show, become visible’ (related to Greek peparein ‘display’). Appārēre was also the ultimate source of apparent [14], via its present participial stem appārent-, and of apparition [15], via its noun derivative appāritiō.=> apparent, apparition
- appear (v.)
- late 13c., "to come into view," from stem of Old French aparoir (12c., Modern French apparoir) "appear, come to light, come forth," from Latin apparere "to appear, come in sight, make an appearance," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + parere "to come forth, be visible." Of persons, "present oneself," late 14c. Meaning "seem, have a certain appearance" is late 14c. Related: Appeared; appearing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. It makes you appear confident and in control .
- 2. Use body language that makes you appear comfortable .
- 3. Now they appear to embrace it .
- 4. The first televisions appear on the chinese market .
- 5. At least you appear classy .