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US
/əˈpɪɹəns/
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[ UK /ɐpˈiəɹəns/ ]
[ UK /ɐpˈiəɹəns/ ]
NOUN
- outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- the event of coming into sight
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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 -
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 -
a mental representation
I tried to describe his appearance to the police - formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
How To Use appearance In A Sentence
- But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
- This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
- The chapel or church claims greater antiquity than any other in that part of the kingdom; but there is no appearance of this in the external aspect of the present edifice, unless it be in the two eastern windows, which remain unmodernized, and in the lower part of the steeple. The Life of Charlotte Bronte
- Aides hovered round like royal courtiers before he made a fleeting appearance climbing on board the City of Chicago. Times, Sunday Times
- What links the eyes of these three coffins, beside the fact that all are painted, is that the inner canthus--the corner of the eye near the nose--descends abruptly and abuts the upper lid, giving them an East Asian appearance. Archive 2008-03-01
- His appearance was the subject for some critical comment.
- Effects of bagging on loquat fruit appearance, postharvest characteristics and quality were studied.
- The digital flux that frames our experience of physical and socio-political realities functions through continuous additions, subtractions, and disappearances.
- Don't you find it tiresome always having to be conscious of your appearance? Times, Sunday Times
- It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance.