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appears

ap·pears

UK/əˈpɪəz/US/əˈpɪɹz/Scotland/əˈpiːɹz/

A form of appear — To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

Very commonScrabble 11

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Meanings

verb

indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of appear
It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.
1846, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2, page 474

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with appears

years tears cheers fears peers arrears piers shears Algiers sheers deers angel's tears baby's tears music to someone's ears

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APA

appears. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appears

MLA

“appears.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appears. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appears,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appears.

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