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Meaning of appear

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  appear
      v 1: 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" [syn: {look}, {appear}, {seem}]
      2: come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the
         wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" [ant:
         {disappear}, {go away}, {vanish}]
      3: be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?";
         "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" [syn:
         {appear}, {come out}]
      4: seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is
         very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is
         very bad" [syn: {appear}, {seem}]
      5: 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" [syn: {appear}, {come along}]
         [ant: {disappear}, {vanish}]
      6: 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"
      7: present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority;
         "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on
         several charges of theft"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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