reappear
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
- reappearance noun
Explanation
When something shows up again, it reappears. A diver can plunge into the water from the diving board, swim underwater, and reappear at the far end of the pool. A magician might make your ten dollar bill disappear, but it's not a great trick if she doesn't then make it reappear. You may think your winter cold is over until the symptoms — sneezing and coughing — reappear suddenly. Anything that goes away and comes back reappears. The word adds the "again" prefix re- to appear, from its Latin root apparere, "come in sight."
Example Sentences
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Months later, the home was taken off the market, only to bizarrely reappear for just three days in December and another two days this January before vanishing again.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Jokic, who had scored 21 points, did not reappear for the second half and Miami capitalised to outscore the Nuggets 84-60 after the break to cruise to victory.
From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025
He continued to half-time but did not reappear for the second half and when he eventually made his way to the visitors dugout, he was moving very slowly.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
You reappear in the film as a vision to Smoke.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
But as they approached the parade it vanished; the rats, their purpose accomplished, melted into the misty woods, and this time they did not reappear.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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