Definition of appear | Collins English Dictionary

appear (əˈpɪə)

to come into sight or view
(copula; may take an infinitive) to seem or look ⇒ the evidence appears to support you
to be plain or clear, as after further evidence, etc ⇒ it appears you were correct after all
to develop or come into being; occur ⇒ faults appeared during testing
to become publicly available; be published ⇒ his biography appeared last month
to perform or act ⇒ he has appeared in many London productions
to be present in court before a magistrate or judge ⇒ he appeared on two charges of theft

C13: from Old French aparoir, from Latin appārēre to become visible, attend upon, from pārēre to appear

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= seem, be clear be obvious be evident look (like or as if) be apparent be plain be manifest be patent

= look (like or as if) seem, occur, look to be come across as strike you as

= come into view emerge, occur, attend, surface, come out, turn out, arise, turn up, be present loom, show, issue, develop, arrive, show up, come to light, crop up, materialize, come forth come into sight show your face

= come into being come out, be published be developed be created be invented become available come into existence

= perform, play, act, enter, come on, take part play a part, be exhibited come onstage

British English: appear If something appears to be the way you describe it, it seems that way.The boy appeared to be asleep.əˈpɪə VERB The boy appeared to be asleep.
Spanish: aparecer v
French: apparaître v
German: erscheinen v
Chinese: 看来 v
Arabic: يَظْهَرُ v
Portuguese: aparecer v
Russian: появляться v
Croatian: pojaviti se v
Czech: objevit (se) v objevovat (se)
Danish: forekomme v
Dutch: verschijnen v
Finnish: ilmestyä v
Greek: εμφανίζομαι v
Italian: sembrare v
Japanese: 現れる v
Korean: 나타나다 v
Norwegian: komme til syne v
Polish: pojawić się v pojawiać się
Brazilian Portuguese: parecer vt
European Spanish: aparecer v
Swedish: uppträda v
Thai: ดูเหมือนว่า v
Turkish: görünmek v
Vietnamese: xuất hiện v

The German position was not as strong as it might first appear.
Robert Wilson, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
The food is sometimes described as robust but goat's cheese salads and others of that ilk do appear on the menu too.
Country Life (2004)
What they appear to show is there are two education systems, not one.
Irish Times (2002)
Stevenson's subsequent account, The Amateur Emigrant, was rejected by his English editors and did not appear until after his death.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
On the face of it, there may appear to be nothing remarkable about this story.
Dorothy Rowe, BEYOND FEAR (2002)