to appear
220
4.8
- verb
- /əˈpɪr/
- Formal
:
comparecer
- Five days after the vote, Senator Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) appeared on the Sunday talk show.
- appear in court
- appear as a witness
- appear before the judge
And I say Judge Cross White is a pleasure to appear before you today.
- And I say Judge Cross White is a pleasure to appear before you today.
- We find out Wilcox failed to appear.
- The difference between when Mark Zuckerberg, you know, appeared before which committee was it?
Examples
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The defendant must appear in court to answer the charges against him.
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On what day would you appear for the meeting now that it has been rescheduled?
Academic text (2011) -
And I say Judge Cross White is a pleasure to appear before you today.
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For 12 of these clients, case managers appeared in court on more than one occasion.
Academic text (1995) -
The group was transported east to Washington, D.C., to appear before President Andrew Jackson.
Academic text (1994) -
If it pans out, would you be willing to appear as an expert witness?
Fiction book (1991) -
Our congressman Cho will appear in your office after the session.
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He is due to appear in court, so we don't know for what.
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They've asked me to appear here on Charlie's behalf.
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Betsy DeVos, the nominee to lead the Department of Education, will appear Tuesday before the Senate education committee.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
∞
1.4
To be seen or arrive at a place
614
3.0
To go to a place to begin work or duty
36
3.5
Go to an event, often briefly or in a formal way
How Official
- Formal
614
3.0
- Formal
220
4.8
136
1.6
∞
1.0
∞
1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Appear comes from the Latin apparere 'to come into sight', so to 'appear' before a judge is literally to 'come before' them in person.