APPEARED Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

appeared

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past tense of appear

as in showed

to come into view a police car appeared just as I ran a red light

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as in seemed

to give the impression of being it appears that he doesn't hear you

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as in began

to come into existence the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

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as in arrived

to get to a destination a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served

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Recent Examples of appeared The fourth-year pro with blazing speed had an impressive training camp and appeared to be one of the team’s main kick returners. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026 During Copenhagen Fashion Week, the monochrome palette appeared on nearly every showgoer—a stark contrast to the week’s historically maximalist approach. — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026 In all three cases, authorities have appeared to suggest their deaths were accidental. — Ryan Young, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Basically, this small insect appeared to preserve a transitional stage as its lineage gradually adapted from aquatic life to living on land. — New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 Another scrap of Shakespeare appeared, longer this time, echoing down the corridor of memory. — Helen Simpson, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Ibrahimovic appeared surprised when Haaland later showed him the finished look during a video call. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Then this time a manager appeared from pop heaven, the wonderful Melvin Tubb. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 Fabares appeared in 192 episodes and left the series in 1965. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026

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Verb

The win showed progress, but just a small amount at this point.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Earl showed precision with both short and deep balls, like on successive 45-yard scoring tosses.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

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Other Surrealists, meanwhile, seemed to take from animals a license to exploit other (generally female) bodies, as in Clovis Trouille’sJustine(1937), in which both a naked female figure and a lion are bound and captive.

— Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
To the outside observer, the hearing for the soft-spoken man with the graying mustache may have seemed like any other, save for the FBI agents from the public corruption squad sitting in the back.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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The Procession of Lights on Wednesday began at the People’s Salvation Cathedral, known as the National Cathedral, which is the world’s largest Christian Orthodox church.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Kansas City Royals left-hander Noah Cameron began calling his own pitches on July 24 against the Detroit Tigers.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of began

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Miami doesn’t play either team this season, but with the way the conference’s standings unfolded last season, every game has a chance to impact who makes it to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the conference title game in December.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The war has unfolded in fits and starts, with bursts of overwhelming American firepower repeatedly giving way to promises that diplomacy might bring it to an end.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfolded

Verb

Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Victor Munoz, the winger, looked set to sign from Osasuna in June, only for Liverpool to gazump Newcastle at the last moment.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of looked

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With incomings, Newcastle’s summer started with a whimper and ended with a bang, a slow-burn of early rejections from high-profile targets which did little to ease a sense of disquiet among supporters.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
All four celebs started dipping their toes into fall fashion early this year, reaching for fisherman, funnel-neck, and crewneck sweaters while traveling, sipping coffee, and cooking with Ina Garten.

— Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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