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appearance

/ʌpˈɪɹʌns/noun3 syllables

Appearance means: formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action.

Synonyms for appearance4

noun, as in formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

appearing, coming into court

noun, as in outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

visual aspect

noun, as in pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

Opposites of appearance

What does appearance mean?6

noun

1

formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

2

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

3

pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression“they try to keep up appearances”

4

the event of coming into sight

5

a mental representation“I tried to describe his appearance to the police”

6

the act of appearing in public view“the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with appearance?6

two syllables

three syllables

adherencecoherence
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Appearance in a sentence

  • At the sudden appearance of a bear, the kids made believe they were dead.unknown
  • Judging from his appearance, he must be a rich man.CM
  • Seen through a telescope, the planets take on a completely new appearance.CM
  • With the appearance of a promising new writer, the aging novelist fell from prominence.unknown
  • Judging from his appearance, he may be a soldier.CM
  • Judge him by what he does, not by his appearance.Swift
  • In addition to the police, the firemen had to make their appearance, too.marcelostockle
  • Judging from her appearance, she seems to be very rich.Swift

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of appearance

as a noun

plural
appearances