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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
appear/əˈpɪə(r)/
▶verb
  • 1 come into sight.

    ■ come into existence or use.

    ■ be published.

    ■ informal arrive.

  • 2 present oneself publicly or formally, especially on stage or as the accused or counsel in a law court.
  • 3 give a specified impression; seem.
– origin ME: from OFr. apareir, from L. apparere, from ad- ‘towards’ + parere ‘come into view’.



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'result' new regions .... to appear.
"bin Laden and al Qaeda appear to be treated merely as first among equals."
"you appear in/on that slideshow"
appear
Appear - Present Simple or Present Continuous
appear / look
Appear + adj ->meaning?
appear and appears
Appear in court???
appear in the final book
appear in the TV show...
Appear IN/ON the media.
appear it
appear on the test
appear timed
appear to be business as asual
appear, look and seem
approaches appear similar
are just beginning to appear / have just begun to appear
arise/appear
as obvious as it might first appear
Be on tv x appear on tv
come/appear
comes out / appear
could appear to give/appear as giving
disappear / appear as a transitive verb
don't appeal to take things personally [appear]
he makes the worse appear the better cause
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how dares he to appear...
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