appeared
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
An inflected form of appear · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 440 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 46,101 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.022% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect also: look, seem She seems to be sleepingThis appears to be a very difficult problem
- come into sight or view He suddenly appeared at the weddingA new star appeared on the horizon
- be issued or published also: come out Did your latest book appear yet?The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet
- seem to be true, probable, or apparent also: seem It seems that he is very giftedIt appears that the weather in California is very bad
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene also: come along Then the computer came along and changed our livesHomo sapiens appeared millions of years ago
- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. Gielgud appears briefly in this movieShe appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage
appeared in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It appeared difficult to sing, however--he harked back to whistling.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Just at that moment a troop of the guards appeared in sight.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Since then I have waited some months, but nothing more has appeared.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The man's face, at first glance, appeared to be covered with hair.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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His strongest outward characteristic was quietness, both of manner, speech, motions, springing, it appeared, out of a corresponding quietness of soul.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1