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

When Kirk doesn’t reappear, Pam enters the house looking for him, and she is grabbed by Leatherface and carried, screaming, into his butchering room. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

Prynoski says that was a centerpiece of his pitch to Meow Wolf, noting that characters will reappear in multiple installations, each handled by a different artist. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

What’s so beautiful about the speech Hannah Moscovitch wrote is that meandering thought process, with threads of thoughts that disappear and reappear. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 July 2026

Floral appliqués bloom across one shoulder before reappearing at the hip, where feather-like embellishments cascade down the side of the skirt. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 6 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reappear

• adhere
• ameer
• amir
• appear
• arrear
• astir
• austere
• career
• cashier
• cohere
• compere
• emir