appear

verb (BE PRESENT)

/əˈpɪər/

/-ˈpɪr/

Definition

B1 [I] to start to be seen or to be present: He suddenly appeared in the doorway. We'd been in the house a month when dark stains started appearing on the wall. His name appears in the film credits for lighting.Appearing and disappearingExisting and being › [I] If you appear in court, you are there officially because you are involved in a trial: Both women will be appearing before magistrates later this week.Taking legal action

(Definition of appear verb (BE PRESENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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