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appearance
/əˈpiɹ.əns/
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What does appearance mean?
noun
- The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
- A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
- The way something looks; personal presence
More meanings (5)
noun
- Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
- That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
- 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.
- An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
- Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
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IPA pronunciation
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It contained a woman’s finger-ring, set all the way round with small diamonds, and from its appearance had evidently been recently purchased.
The uncovered part had the appearance of a huge cylinder, caked over and its outline softened by a thick scaly dun-coloured incrustation.
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The residences, raised high upon their metal columns, resembled huge rookeries, while the uprights themselves presented the appearance of steel tree trunks.
But Clifford, it seemed, though he did not make his appearance below stairs, had, after all, bestirred himself in quest of amusement.
The singular appearance of this cavalcade not only attracted the curiosity of Wamba, but excited even that of his less volatile companion.