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to reappear

to reappear

70 2.7
To come back into sight after being away for a time
  • verb
  • /ˌriːəˈpɪr/
translation icon : reaparecer
  • The magician made the rabbit reappear after it had vanished from the stage.
  • disappear and reappear
  • appear and reappear
  • reappear briefly

It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all.

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Examples

  • He appears, disappears, and reappears, anywhere.

  • Look, if I do this, the sea monster will reappear.

  • But as soon as I reappear, look at that.

  • So if I go off the right hand side and reappear on the left, then the right and the left is the same.

  • The vast majority of them reappear on their own, usually within a week.

    Academic text (1995)
  • And I think this may reappear in the NASA plan at some point in the future.

  • New infectious diseases appear or reappear every few years.

  • So this comes up very early in the work and reappears at a number of important points.

  • Two days after he vanished, he just reappeared.

  • Miss Costello crosses into and out of view and reappears moments later next to the TV.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

to come back
vsto reappear
1.3

To return to how it was before

is the simple act of showing up again rather than restoring status
to appear
vsto reappear
873 1.0

To come into view or become visible

is about showing up again after a prior disappearance or absence
to turn up
vsto reappear
177 2.0

To appear after being lost or when not expected

is the basic reappearance without implying surprise or being found
to resurface
vsto reappear
34 4.2

To appear again after being hidden or inactive

is the standard return to view that applies in many situations
to reemerge
vsto reappear
8 4.1

To appear again after being away or hidden

is the general act of showing up again after being gone
to rematerialize
vsto reappear
  • US
4 9.3

To appear again after being gone or invisible

is the general return to sight without stressing physical substance
to respawn
vsto reappear
  • Jargon
2 6.4

To appear again in the game after being defeated

is the ordinary return to view after absence, not game specific

Antonyms

1.0

To stop being seen or to no longer be there

How Visible

to resurface
34 4.2
to reappear
70 2.7
to peep
7 3.6

Surface Forms

reappear infinitive
reappeared past
reappeared past participle
reappearing present participle
reappears third person singular

Morphology

reappear = appear (transparent) = re + appear

This is a standard and easily interpretable use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'appear'.

Etymology

Reappear adds re- meaning 'again' to appear, which means 'to come into view'. So, reappear means 'to come into view again', which is why we use it when something shows up after being gone.