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appear, v.
(appeared, appearing, appears)
freq. cnt. 269
more info give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
<verb.perception>   freq. cnt.: 854 freq. cnt.: 607 freq. cnt.: 126 freq. cnt.: 121

appear look seem

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
They %s to move

verb frames

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
John will %s angry

verb frames

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
They %s to move
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
look look look
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
appearance
semantic pointers
hypernym
be
hyponym
make cut feel pass off sound come across glow, shine, beam, radiate shine, glitter, glint, glisten, gleam stand out, jump out, jump, leap out, stick out rise, rear, lift loom feel
more info come into sight or view
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 102 freq. cnt.: 102

appear

sample sentences

"He suddenly appeared at the wedding"
"A new star appeared on the horizon"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
The moon will soon %s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
apparent apparition appearance appearance
antonym
disappear
semantic pointers
hyponym
peep erupt manifest wash up come to light, come to hand come out, come on, turn up, show up, surface emerge outcrop flash flash turn out basset, crop out pop out, burst out reappear, re-emerge emerge come through, break through erupt, push through, come out, break through roll in come to mind, spring to mind rush out, leap out, sally out, burst forth break show, show up pop up, crop up, pop
more info be issued or published
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 6

appear come out

sample sentences

"Did your latest book appear yet?"
"The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
happen, materialize, materialise
more info seem to be true, probable, or apparent
<verb.perception>   freq. cnt.: 98 freq. cnt.: 84 freq. cnt.: 14

appear seem

sample sentences

"It seems that he is very gifted"
"It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

verb frames

It ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

It ----s that CLAUSE
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
apparent apparent
semantic pointers
hypernym
be
hyponym
seem
more info come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

appear come along

sample sentences

"Then the computer came along and changed our lives"
"Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
apparition
antonym
disappear
semantic pointers
hyponym
gleam fulminate occur
more info appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

appear

sample sentences

"Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"
"She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
appearance
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
theater, theatre, dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics
hypernym
do, perform, execute
more info present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

appear

sample sentences

"He had to appear in court last month"
"She appeared on several charges of theft"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
appearance