Appear and Figure

Appear

Appear verb - To come into view.

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Figure and appear are semantically related In some cases you can use "Figure" instead a verb "Appear".

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Figure verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

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Appear and figure are semantically related in feature topic. Sometimes you can use "Appear" instead a verb "Figure".

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

ability	appear ability	figure ability
thanks	appear thanks	figure thanks
advantage	appear advantage	figure advantage
time	appear time	figure time
Other words: way, bit, boss, day, minutes, times, faces, problems.

Any time Shaun brings up a politician or other public figure, an image of a vaguely similar looking fictional character or other public figure will appear next to him.

Source: Series / Shaun Micallefs Mad As Hell
Merchandising example, but the action figure line for the movie that was released by Hasbro featured Ultron as a Build-A-Figure, even though Ultron doesn't appear in the film.

Source: Film / Ant-Man
The Hungarian posters feature only aliens that never appear in the movie and a vaguely Darth Vader-esque figure who looks almost nothing like him.

Source: Covers Always Lie / Live-Action Film

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