appear

appear
appear vi
1 (become visible) [person, ship, growth, symptom, ghost] apparaître ; to appear to sb in a vision apparaître à qn dans une vision ;
2 (turn up) arriver ; to appear on the scene arriver sur place ; to appear from nowhere apparaître ; where did she appear from ○ ? hum d'où est-ce qu'elle est sortie ○ ? hum ;
3 (seem) to appear to be/to do [person] avoir l'air d'être/de faire ; to appear depressed avoir l'air déprimé ; to appear deserted [place] sembler être désert ; to appear to be crying avoir l'air de pleurer ; to appear to have forgotten avoir l'air d'avoir oublié ; it appears/appeared that il semble/semblait que ; it appears to me that il me semble que ; there appears to be, there would appeard to be on dirait qu'il y a ; so it appears, so it would appear à ce qu'il paraît ; his parents, it appears, were ambitious il semble que ses parents avaient de l'ambition ;
4 Journ, Publg [book, work, article] paraître ;
5 Cin, Theat, TV (perform) to appear on stage paraître en scène ; to appear on TV passer à la télévision ; to appear as jouer dans le rôle de ; to be currently appearing in jouer en ce moment dans ;
6 Jur (be present) comparaître (before devant ; for pour) ; to appear in court comparaître devant le tribunal ; to appear as counsel for the defence plaider pour l'accusé ; to appear as a witness comparaître comme témoin ;
7 (be written) [name, score] paraître (on sur ; in dans).

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