appear
part of speech
verb (appear, appears, appeared, appearing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To appear means to come into sight, to begin to be seen: a rainbow appeared. tree →
2) To appear means to seem: she appears tired. tree →
3) To appear means to be in a film, show, book or list: the actor appears in the play. tree →
4) To appear also means to come into being or to arrive: new leaves appear in spring. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it can mean God showing himself to someone, or the pilgrim who "appears before" God at the Temple. Interpretation: The command to "appear" three times a year is the pilgrimage to Jerusalem at Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, and tradition says none should come empty-handed. In the primary lessons: In maths: things that show up are added (more birds appear); «how many times does a number appear in the list» means count; a number that appears in a pattern. In science: stars appear at night; buds appear in spring. In stories: a ghost suddenly appeared. Phrases: appear in, appear to, it appears that, suddenly appear, appear on TV.
examples
- And none shall appear before Me empty. (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. (Torah GEN.35.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. (Torah EXO.23.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, and Thy glory upon their children. (Writings PSA.90.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- When the LORD hath built up Zion, when He hath appeared in His glory; (Writings PSA.102.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear. (Prophets JER.13.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- 3 more birds appeared on the fence. tree →
- How many times does 5 appear in the list? tree →
- Stars appear every night. tree →
- The number 7 appears 4 times. tree →
- A rainbow appeared after the rain. tree →
- The dog appears to be asleep. tree →
- My drawing appears in the school magazine. tree →
- Suddenly a rabbit appeared from the hat. tree →
- New leaves appear on the trees in spring. tree →
note
Noun «appearance». Opposite: disappear (dis- means the opposite). «More appear» means add. «How many times does it appear» means count. Trap: «appears to be» means seems, it may not really be so.
In the corpora
- And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: 'I am the God of Abraham thy father.
- And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
- And Jacob said unto Joseph: 'God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
- And none shall appear before Me empty.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «appear» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.