reappear

verb

re·​ap·​pear (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈpir 

reappeared; reappearing; reappears

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

Recent Examples on the Web

More than a month later, and two days after her own memorial service, the lady preacher reappeared, still barefoot but now wandering around a Mexican desert, hundreds of miles away. —Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025

That silence hasn’t stopped the chart mainstay from reappearing on rankings in his home country. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

But thanks to waves generated by speedy river ferries, the concrete is now breaking up, and Cobden-Sanderson’s typeface is reappearing. —Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025

In the footage, Adrián disappears inside the animal and then reappears several yards away a few seconds later. —Kelli Bender, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reappear

• auctioneer
• bandelier
• belvedere
• bombardier
• brigadier
• buccaneer
• cavalier
• chandelier
• chanticleer
• chevalier
• commandeer
• disappear