| Library / English Dictionary |
REAPPEARANCE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of someone appearing again
Example:
his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
Synonyms:
reappearance; return
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reappearance" is a kind of...):
appearance (the act of appearing in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reappearance"):
comeback (return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity)
Derivation:
reappear (appear again)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The event of something appearing again
Example:
the reappearance of Halley's comet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reappearance" is a kind of...):
appearance (the event of coming into sight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reappearance"):
egress; emersion ((astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse)
Derivation:
reappear (appear again)
Context examples:
As to the special cause of my leaving, it is not merely the strained situation with Mr. Carruthers, but it is the reappearance of that odious man, Mr. Woodley.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
