appear

intr.v., -peared, -pear·ing, -pears.

1. To become visible: a plane appearing in the sky.
2. To come into existence: New strains of viruses appear periodically.
3. To seem or look to be: appeared unhappy. See synonyms at seem.
4. To seem likely: They will be late, as it appears.
5. To come before the public: has appeared in two plays; appears on the nightly news.
6. Law. To present oneself formally before a court as defendant, plaintiff, or counsel.

[Middle English aperen, from Old French aparoir, aper-, from Latin appārēre : ad-, ad- + pārēre, to show.]

SYNONYMS  appear, emerge, issue, loom, materialize, show. These verbs mean to come into view: a ship appearing on the horizon; a star that emerged from behind a cloud; a diver issuing from the water; a peak that loomed through the mist; a job offer that materialized overnight; a shirtsleeve showing at the edge of the jacket. See also synonyms at seem.

verb

1. To come into view: emerge, issue, loom, materialize, show. Idioms: makeput inan appearance, meet the eye. See see/not see.
2. To begin to appear or develop: arise, commence, dawn, emerge, originate. See start/end.
3. To have the appearance of: look, seem, sound. Idioms: strike one as (being). See surface/depth.

v

Definition: come into sight
Antonyms: disappear, hide

v

Definition: seem
Antonyms: be real

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To come before a court as a party or a witness in a lawsuit.

IN BRIEF: To come into sight or into being. To seem to be.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - komme til syne, vise sig

idioms:

• appear before the court    give møde for domstolen
• appear before the judge    give møde for domstolen
• appear to be    synes at være, forekomme at være

Nederlands (Dutch)
verschijnen, zich voordoen, optreden

Français (French)
v. intr. - apparaître, paraître, sembler, émerger, jouer, se montrer, se manifester, arriver, se présenter, faire son apparition, (Jur) comparaître, (Théât) jouer, passer (à la télévision), sortir, être publié (un livre), avoir l'air, paraître (selon un témoignage), sembler bien

idioms:

• appear before the court    comparaître devant un tribunal
• appear before the judge    comparaître devant le juge
• appear to be    s'avérer, sembler

Deutsch (German)
v. - erscheinen, auftauchen, scheinen, sich zeigen, auftreten

idioms:

• appear before the court    vor Gericht erscheinen
• appear before the judge    vor dem Richter erscheinen
• appear to be    scheinen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εμφανίζομαι, παρουσιάζομαι, φαίνομαι, δείχνω σαν, παρίσταμαι ή εμφανίζομαι σε δικαστήριο

idioms:

• appear before the court    παρίσταμαι ή εμφανίζομαι σε δικαστήριο
• appear before the judge    παρίσταμαι ή εμφανίζομαι σε δικαστήριο
• appear to be    φαίνομαι να είμαι, δίνω την εντύπωση

Italiano (Italian)
apparire, sembrare, risultare, esibirsi, parere

idioms:

• appear to be    rivelarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aparecer, chegar, parecer, publicar, lançar no mercado, apresentar(-se)

idioms:

• appear before the court    apresentar-se ante a corte
• appear before the judge    apresentar-se ante o juiz
• appear to be    parecer ser

Русский (Russian)
появляться, казаться, оказываться, создавать впечатление что, играть в кино, театре и пр., появляться на сцене, появляться в печати

idioms:

• appear before the court    предстать перед судом
• appear before the judge    предстать перед судьей
• appear to be    по-видимому

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - aparecer, comparecer, parecer, resultar, salir, actuar, publicarse, figurarse

idioms:

• appear before the court    comparecer ante un tribunal
• appear before the judge    comparecer ante el juez
• appear to be    parece ser

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - visa sig, framträda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
出现, 看来好像, 似乎, 显露, 出庭, 到案

idioms:

• appear before the court    出庭
• appear before the judge    受审, 出庭
• appear to be    看来, 看起来, 好像

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 出現, 看來好像, 似乎, 顯露, 出庭, 到案

idioms:

• appear before the court    出庭
• appear before the judge    受審, 出庭
• appear to be    看來, 看起來, 好像

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 나타나다, 인 듯하다, 분명히 ~이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 現れる, 出る, 出廷する, 世に出る, …のように見える

idioms:

• appear before the court    出廷する
• appear before the judge    裁判を受ける
• appear to be    ～のようだ明らかに～だ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يظهر ببعيان, يمثل, يبدو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הופיע, נראה‬

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