reappear

verb

re·​ap·​pear (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈpir How to pronounce reappear (audio)
reappeared; reappearing; reappears
Synonyms of reappearnext

intransitive verb

: to come back into view or show up for a second or subsequent time : to appear again
Darting down the corridor …, she reappeared moments later carrying glasses in filigreed silver holders …David A. Andelman
By year's end the insects have gone, only to reappear briefly in May.A. R. Williams

Examples of reappear in a Sentence

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Deftones Score the Top Comeback on Multiple Charts Notably, not a single title debuts on either the Top Alternative Albums or Top Hard Rock Albums charts this week, where the Deftones releases reappear. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Davis, who beat back cancer for nearly a dozen years while producing policy-changing dispatches before a tumor reappeared this spring, died at the East Campus Medical Center at UC San Diego Health early Wednesday. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026 Physiognomic treatises reappeared in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then took off in the eighteenth and nineteenth. Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 In 2023, the elegant jewelry reappeared as the Princess of Wales selected them for King Charles’s coronation. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for reappear

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reappear was in 1611

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“Reappear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reappear. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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