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appearing   (TTS Sound)

The noun appearing has 1 sense

• appearance, appearing, coming into court -- (formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action)

The verb appear has 7 senses

• look, appear, seem -- (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")


• appear -- (come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon")


• appear, come out -- (be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet")


• appear, seem -- (seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad")


• appear, come along -- (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")


• appear -- (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")


• appear -- (present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority; "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft")