appear
[əˈpʰɪɹ]
UK: /əˈpɪə/
appear
English
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Definition
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
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”).
Example Sentences
- "And God[…]said, Let[…]the dry land appear."
- "There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared. Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson."
- "A great writer appeared at that time."
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