appearance
/əˈpɪə.ɹəns/
The way something looks; personal presence; The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye
- plural
- appearances
Meanings
- 1
The way something looks; personal presence
Can you describe her appearance?
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom only cares about appearance.
Tatoeba · megamanenm · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye
- 3
Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others
- 4
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparitionrare
- 5
That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying realityrare
- 6
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular characterrare
- 7
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 appearancerare
- 8
Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patientrare