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makes an appearance

makes an appearance is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make an appearance.

Meaning of make an appearance

Verb

make an appearance (third-person singular simple present makes an appearance, present participle making an appearance, simple past and past participle made an appearance)

  1. (idiomatic) To turn up to an event for a brief moment.

Questions about makes an appearance

What is makes an appearance the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes an appearance is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make an appearance.

Words near makes an appearance in the dictionary

  1. makes after
  2. makes against
  3. makes all the difference
  4. makes all the running
  5. makes amends
  6. makes an appearance
  7. makes an ass of
  8. makes an effort
  9. makes an entrance
  10. makes an errand
  11. makes an example of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makes an appearance (page history and authors); make an appearance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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