reappear

C2+ Topic:Verbs of Movement

Also spelled re-appearing

US /ˌriəˈpɪr/ UK /ˌriːəˈpɪə/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to come into view or existence again

The comet will reappear in the night sky every seventy-six years.

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1 verb · to come into view or... resurfacerecur returnreemergereissue

Opposites

disappear vanish

Word family

Derived forms reappearance

Related forms appear apparent apparition

Etymology

From re- ('again') + appear, from Old French aparoir, from Latin apparere ('to come into view'), from ad- ('to') + parere ('to come forth, appear').

apparere Latin parere Latin

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# reappear

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˌriəˈpɪr
**IPA (UK):** ˌriːəˈpɪə

## Meanings
1. to come into view or existence again

## Examples
- The comet will reappear in the night sky every seventy-six years.

## Synonyms
- resurface
- recur
- return
- reemerge
- reissue

## Antonyms
- disappear
- vanish

## Derived Forms
- reappearance

## Related Forms
- appear
- apparent
- apparition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: apparere
- Root: parere

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + appear, from Old French aparoir, from Latin apparere ('to come into view'), from ad- ('to') + parere ('to come forth, appear').

## AI Etymology
Reappear comes from re- ('again') + appear, from Old French aparoir, from Latin apparere ('to come into view'), from ad- ('to') + parere ('to come forth, appear'). The historical chain includes Latin apparere and Latin parere. Older glosses in the chain include "again", "to come into view", "to", and "to come forth, appear", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reappear is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to come into view or existence again". English derivatives include reappearance; related forms include appear, apparent, and apparition. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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