"make an appearance" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "makes an appearance",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making an appearance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made an appearance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made an appearance",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn up to an event for a brief moment."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_an_appearance-en-verb-UVxH0wEB",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn up",
          "turn up"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To turn up to an event for a brief moment."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "put in an appearance"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lòumiàn",
          "sense": "turn up to an event",
          "word": "露面"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūchǎng",
          "sense": "turn up to an event",
          "word": "出場 /出场"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiànshēn",
          "sense": "turn up to an event",
          "word": "現身 /现身"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūxí",
          "sense": "turn up to an event",
          "word": "出席"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "turn up to an event",
          "word": "näyttäytyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "turn up to an event",
          "word": "faire acte de présence"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "turn up to an event",
          "word": "hacer acto de presencia"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "make an appearance"
}

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    {
      "form": "makes an appearance",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making an appearance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made an appearance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made an appearance",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "make an appearance (third-person singular simple present makes an appearance, present participle making an appearance, simple past and past participle made an appearance)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
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        "To turn up to an event for a brief moment."
      ],
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          "turn up"
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          "brief"
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        "(idiomatic) To turn up to an event for a brief moment."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "put in an appearance"
        }
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        "idiomatic"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lòumiàn",
      "sense": "turn up to an event",
      "word": "露面"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chūchǎng",
      "sense": "turn up to an event",
      "word": "出場 /出场"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànshēn",
      "sense": "turn up to an event",
      "word": "現身 /现身"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chūxí",
      "sense": "turn up to an event",
      "word": "出席"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turn up to an event",
      "word": "näyttäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "turn up to an event",
      "word": "faire acte de présence"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "turn up to an event",
      "word": "hacer acto de presencia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make an appearance"
}