APPEARANCE

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

Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (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

Antonyms

• 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

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