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| 1. | [ noun ] outward or visible aspect of a person or thing | |
| Synonyms: | visual_aspect | |
| Related terms: | quality impression face beauty look persona countenance stain form ugliness blemish decorativeness semblance perspective hairlessness hairiness superficies vanishing_point homeliness disfigurement format complexion ornateness plainness color phase view etiolation agerasia appear | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the event of coming into sight | |
| Related terms: | disappearance happening manifestation reappearance apparition materialization appear | |
| 3. | [ noun ] formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | |
| Synonyms: | coming_into_court appearing | |
| Related terms: | attendance appear | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a mental representation | |
| Examples: | "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" |
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| Related terms: | representation illusion front three-D look | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the act of appearing in public view | |
| Examples: | "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period" "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" |
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| Related terms: | disappearance arrival reappearance apparition emergence reappearance appear | |
| 6. | [ noun ] pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | |
| Synonyms: | show | |
| Examples: | "they try to keep up appearances" "that ceremony is just for show" |
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| Related terms: | pretense | |
| Similar spelling: |
apiarian apparent apparentness appearing apparency aperient apparently |
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