According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
appearance
(noun) 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”
appearance, show
(noun) 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”
appearance, appearing, coming into court
(noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
appearance, visual aspect
(noun) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
appearance
(noun) a mental representation; “I tried to describe his appearance to the police”
appearance
(noun) the event of coming into sight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
appearance (countable and uncountable, plural appearances)
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
Synonyms: aspect, mien
Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
(philosophy, theology) 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.
(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
(medical) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
• (act of coming into sight): arrival, manifestation,
• (a thing seen): spectacle, apparition, phenomenon, presence
• (aspect of a person): aspect, air, figure, look, manner, mien
• (outward show): semblance, show, pretense, façade or facade
• (act of appearing in public): debut
• non-appearance, nonappearance
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pear"ance, n. Etym: [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien. And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report. Milton.
4. 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. There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. Num. ix. 15. For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Judge not according to the appearance. John. vii. 24.
5. 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. Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation Milton.
6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.] There is that which hath no appearance. Bacon.
7. (Law)
Definition: 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. Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell. To put in an appearance, to be present; to appear in person.
– To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.
Syn.
– Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.