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 Definitions of Appearance  [əˈpɪər əns]  

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Definition of 'Appearance' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) appearance
the act or process of appearing.

2.  appearance
outward look or aspect:
a person of noble appearance.

3.  appearance
outward show; semblance:
maintained an appearance of honesty.

4.  appearance
the coming into court of either party to a suit or action.

5.  appearance
appearances, outward impressions, indications, or circumstances:
By all appearances, they enjoyed themselves.

6.  appearance
the sensory aspect of existence.

7.  appearance
put in an appearance, to attend a gathering, esp. for a short time.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < AF, OF < LL)

Definition of 'Appearance' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) appearance, visual aspect
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

2. (noun) appearance
the event of coming into sight

3. (noun) appearance, appearing, coming into court
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

4. (noun) appearance
a mental representation
"I tried to describe his appearance to the police"

5. (noun) appearance
the act of appearing in public view
"the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

6. (noun) appearance, show
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
"they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show"


Definition of 'Appearance' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) appearance
the way sb or sth looks
to judge someone by their appearance

2.  appearance
the act of performing in public
many public appearances

3.  appearance
the act of arriving
his appearance at the meeting

4.  appearance
the beginning of existence
the recent appearance of new cures


Definition of 'Appearance' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Appearance
the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me

2. (noun) Appearance
a thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky

3. (noun) Appearance
personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien

4. (noun) Appearance
semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him

5. (noun) Appearance
the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator

6. (noun) Appearance
probability; likelihood

7. (noun) Appearance
the coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction


Translation of 'Appearance' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: what can be seen (of a person, thing etc)
From his appearance he seemed very wealthy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorkoms Arabic flag Arabic: مَظْهَر، هَيْئَة Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изглеждам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aparência Czech flag Czech: vzhled, zevnějšek, zjev German flag German: das Aussehen
Danish flag Danish: udseende; ydre Greek flag Greek: εμφάνιση Spanish flag Spanish: apariencia, imagen
Estonian flag Estonian: välimus Farsi flag Farsi: ظاهر Finnish flag Finnish: ulkonäkö
French flag French: apparence Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַראֶה, הוֹפָעָה Hindi flag Hindi: अविर्भाव
Croatian flag Croatian: izgled Hungarian flag Hungarian: külső megjelenés Indonesian flag Indonesian: penampilan, rupa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: útlit Italian flag Italian: apparenza Japanese flag Japanese: 外見
Korean flag Korean: 겉모습 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išvaizda Latvian flag Latvian: izskats;āriene
Malay flag Malay: penampilan Dutch flag Dutch: uiterlijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: utseende, ytre
Polish flag Polish: wygląd Persian flag Persian: ظاهر Pashto flag Pashto: په څرګند ډول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: aparência Romanian flag Romanian: înfăţişare Russian flag Russian: внешний вид
Slovak flag Slovak: vzhľad Slovenian flag Slovenian: videz Serbian flag Serbian: izgled
Swedish flag Swedish: utseende, yttre Thai flag Thai: สิ่งที่ปรากฎให้เห็น Turkish flag Turkish: görünüm, görünüş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 外觀 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зовнішній вигляд, зовнішн Urdu flag Urdu: وضع قطع
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hình thức Chinese flag Chinese: 外观

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