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==English==
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
{{rank|simple|fresh|noble|712|appearance|period|William|remain}}
* {{alt|en|appearaunce||obsolete}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{bor+|en|frm|apparence}}, from {{der|en|la|apparentia|}}, from {{m|la|appareo|}}. Morphologically {{suffix|en|appear|ance|nocat=1}}. Displaced native {{ncog|ang|hīew||the way something looks or seems}} and {{m|ang|ætīewednes||act of appearing or coming into view}}.
French [[apparence]], Latin [[apparentia]], from [[apparere]]. See [[Appear]].


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈpɪɹ.əns/|a=RP}}
*(''[[Received Pronunciation|UK]]'') {{IPA|/əˈpɪəɹəns/}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˈpiɹ.əns/|a=GenAm}}, {{enPR|ə-pîrʹəns}}
*(''[[General American|US]]'') {{IPA|/əˈpɪɹəns/}}
*{{audio|en-us-appearance.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-appearance.ogg|a=US}}
*Hyphenation: ap·pear·ance
* {{hyph|en|ap|pear|ance}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun|~}}


# The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
# The act of [[appear]]ing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
#: {{ux|en|His sudden '''appearance''' surprised me.}}
# A thing seen; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
# A thing seen; a [[phenomenon]]; an [[apparition]].
#: {{ux|en|There was a strange '''appearance''' in the sky.}}
# Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
# The way something looks; personal [[presence]]
#: And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report. --Milton.
#: {{syn|en|aspect|mien}}
# 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.
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Regained|book=Samson Agonistes|page=66|lines=99–101|passage=And now am come to ſee of whom ſuch noiſe / Hath walk'd about, and each limb to ſurvey, / If thy '''appearance''' anſwer loud report.}}
#: There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. --Num. ix. 15.
#* {{RQ:Travers Cuckoo in the Nest|chapter=5|passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.{{...}}Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal '''appearance''' so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?}}
#: For man looketh on the outward appearance. --1 Sam. xvi. 7.
# Apparent [[likeness]]; the way which something or someone [[appear]]s to others.
#: Judge not according to the appearance. --John. vii. 24.
#: {{ux|en|Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my '''appearance'''.}}
# 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.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=4 February 2016|author=Mark Hudson|title=KAWS, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, review: 'hypnotically compelling'|work=The Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/kaws-yorkshire-sculpture-park-review/|page=|passage=KAWS’s first sculptures were limited edition toys for the Japanese brand Bounty Hunter, and the stylised figures distributed around YSP in a variety of postures – shielding their eyes from the sun, seated in apparent contemplation or leading a child-sized version of themselves over the sward – have the '''appearance''' of gigantic toys, with their instant legibility and machine-honed surfaces.}}
#: Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation? --Milton.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1769|title=The King James Bible|section={{w|Book of Numbers|Numbers}} ix. 15
# {{law}} 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.
|passage=And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the '''appearance''' of fire, until the morning.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1769|title=The King James Bible|section={{w|Gospel of John|John}} vii. 24
|passage=Judge not according to the '''appearance'''.}}
#* '''2003''', {{w|Roy_Porter|Roy Porter}}, ''Flesh in the Age of Reason'', Ch.9, at p.150, 151:
#*: 'Never be taken in by false '''appearances'''ʻ was {{w|Jonathan_Swift|Swift's}} habitual satirical message. 'In most Corporeal Beings, which have fallen under my Cognizance, the Outside hath been infinitely preferable to the In,' he elsewhere proclaimed. [...] The sordid reality beneath the mask haunted him: was all civilisation just dirt and derangement at heart? [...] Evidently man was not the ''homo rationalis'' he pretended to be but rather, at best, ''homo rationis capax'' - a creature capable of rationality, though by implication falling short.
# {{lb|en|philosophy|theology}} That which is not [[substance]], [[essence]], [[hypostasis]]; the [[outward]] reality as opposed to the [[underlying]] reality
#: {{ux|en|Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical '''appearance''' of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ.}}
# The act of [[appear]]ing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
#: {{ux|en|A person makes his '''appearance''' as an historian, an artist, or an orator.}}
#: {{ux|en|David Beckham's first '''appearance''' with the LA Galaxy at Giants Stadium against the New York Red Bulls last night drew a crowd of 66237.}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Regained|text=Will he now retire, After '''appearance''', and again prolong Our expectation?}}
# {{lb|en|legal}} 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 appearance]]
# {{lb|en|medical}} Chiefly used by [[nurse]]s: the act of [[defecation]] by a patient.
#: {{ux|en|The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no '''appearance''' until after the obstruction resolved.}}


===Synonyms===
====Synonyms====
* {{sense|act of coming into sight}} {{l|en|arrival}}, {{l|en|manifestation}},
*[[air]]
* {{sense|a thing seen}} {{l|en|spectacle}}, {{l|en|apparition}}, {{l|en|phenomenon}}, {{l|en|presence}}
*[[arrival]]
* {{sense|aspect of a person}} {{l|en|aspect}}, {{l|en|air}}, {{l|en|figure}}, {{l|en|look}}, {{l|en|manner}}, {{l|en|mien}}
*[[aspect]]
* {{sense|outward show}} {{l|en|semblance}}, {{l|en|show}}, {{l|en|pretense}}, {{l|en|façade}} or [[facade]]
*[[coming]]
* {{sense|act of appearing in public}} {{l|en|debut}}
*[[figure]]
*[[look]]
*[[manner]]
*[[mien]]
*[[presence]]
*[[pretense]]
*[[semblance]]


===Related terms===
====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|non-appearance}}, {{l|en|nonappearance}}
* '''To put in an appearance''' = to be present; to appear in person.
* '''To save appearances''' = to preserve a fair outward show.


===Translations===
====Derived terms====
{{col|en|appearanced|coappearance|misappearance|abrupt appearance|court appearance|disappearance|keep up appearances|plate appearance|put in an appearance|reappearance|save appearances|appearance money|make an appearance|to all appearance}}
{{rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat would have corrected level of Synonyms)}}

====Related terms====
{{col|en|appear|apparent}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|The act of appearing or coming into sight}}
{{trans-top|The act of appearing or coming into sight}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|verskyning}}
*Catalan: [[aparició]]
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|ظُهُور|m}}
*Finnish: [[ilmestyminen]], [[ilmaantuminen]]
* Belarusian: {{t|be|з'яўле́нне|n}}, {{t|be|паяўле́нне|n}}
*German: [[Erscheinen]] {{n}}, [[Auftritt]] {{m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|появяване}}
*Hebrew: [[הופעה]] (hofa'a) {{f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aparició}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Chinese:
*Portuguese: [[aparição]] {{f}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|出現|tr=chūxiàn}}
*Spanish: [[aparición]]
* Czech: {{t|cs|objevení se|n}}
*Swedish: [[ankomst]]
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verschijning|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|apero|}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilmestyminen}}, {{t+|fi|ilmaantuminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|apparition|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|aparición|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Erscheinen|n}}, {{t+|de|Auftritt|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εμφάνιση|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|φάσις|f}}
* Hawaiian: {{t-needed|haw}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|הופעה|f|tr=hofa'a|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|दिखना|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|megjelenés}}, {{t+|hu|feltűnés}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|nochtadh|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|apparizione|f}}, {{t+|it|comparsa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|出現|tr=しゅつげん, shutsugen|sc=Jpan}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|rupa}}, {{t+|jv|warna}}, {{t|jv|warni}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|دەرپەڕین|sc=ku-Arab}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|појавување|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kōwhitinga}} {{qualifier|of stars, planets etc in the night sky}}, {{t|mi|putanga}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ætīewednes}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aparição|f}}, {{t+|pt|aparecimento|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|apariție|f}}, {{t+|ro|înfățișare|f}}, {{t+|ro|aparență|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|появле́ние|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|taisbeanadh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|pojavljivanje}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|apparizziuni|f}}, {{t|scn|cumparizziuni|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|pojavitev|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aparición|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ankomst}}
* Tahitian: {{t-needed|ty}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|zuhur}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|поя́ва}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|xuất hiện}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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{{trans-top|A thing seen}}
{{trans-top|A thing seen}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَظْهَر|m}}
*Catalan: [[aparició]]
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|з'я́ва|f}}
*Portuguese: [[aparição]] {{f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|явление}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aparició}}
*Spanish: [[aparición]]
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aperaĵo}}
*Swedish: [[framträdande]]
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilmiö}}, {{t+|fi|ilmentymä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|apparition|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|aparición|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उपस्थित}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|kenampakan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|apparizione|f}}, {{t+|it|visione|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hīew|n}}, {{t|ang|hīewung|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zjawisko|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aparição|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|apariție|f}}, {{t+|ro|viziune|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|явле́ние|n}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|apparizziuni|f}}, {{t|scn|visiuni|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aparición|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|framträdande}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|з'я́висько}}, {{t|uk|ви́димість}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hiện tượng}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|Personal presence}}
{{trans-top|Personal presence, form or look}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَظْهَر|m}}, {{t|ar|شَكْل|m}}, {{t|ar|هَيْئَة|f}}
*Catalan: [[aparença]]
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|արտաքին}}
*Finnish: [[ulkomuoto]], [[ulkonäkö]], [[ulkoasu]], [[olemus]]
* Assamese: {{t|as|চেহেৰা}}, {{t|as|ৰূপ}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|zahir}}
*Portuguese: [[aparência]] {{f}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|аблі́чча|n|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|be|во́нкавы вы́гляд|m}}, {{t+|be|вы́гляд|m}}, {{t|be|во́нкавасць|f}}
*Spanish: [[apariencia]]
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|চেহারা}}, {{t+|bn|রূপ}}, {{t+|bn|সুরত}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|външност}}, {{t|bg|външен вид}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aparença}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|外貌|tr=ngoi6 maau6}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|外貌|tr=wàimào}}, {{t+|cmn|模樣|tr=múyàng}}, {{t+|cmn|樣子|tr=yàngzi}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aspekto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|julkiasu}}, {{t+|fi|ulkomuoto}}, {{t+|fi|ulkonäkö}}, {{t|fi|tuntomerkit}}
* French: {{t+|fr|apparence}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შესახედაობა}}, {{t|ka|გარეგნობა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Aussehen|n}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εμφάνιση|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἰδέα|f}}
* Hawaiian: {{t-needed|haw}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|रूप}}, {{t|hi|रूप-रंग|m}}, {{t+|hi|भेस|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kinézet}}, {{t+|hu|megjelenés}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kaanu}}, {{t|izh|koosi}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|comharthaí|m-p}}, {{t|ga|comharthaí aithne|m-p}}, {{t|ga|comharthaí sóirt|m-p}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|apparenza|f}}, {{t+|it|aspetto|m}}, {{t+|it|sembianza|f}}, {{t+|it|aria|f}}, {{t+|it|cera|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|様子|tr=ようす, yōsu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|外観|tr=がいかん, gaikan|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|見掛け|tr=みかけ, mikake|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сиық}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|speciēs|f}}, {{t|la|vultum|n}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|изглед|m}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|wlite}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|iʼnoolinígíí}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hīew|n}}, {{t|ang|ansīen|f}}, {{t|ang|wlite|m}}, {{t|ang|andwlita|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wygląd|m}}, {{qualifier|literary}} {{t+|pl|aparycja|f}}, {{t+|pl|powierzchowność|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aparência|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înfățișare|f}}, {{t+|ro|aspect|n}} (exterior), {{t+|ro|aparență|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|apparientscha|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вне́шность|f}}, {{t+|ru|вне́шний вид|m}}, {{t+|ru|о́блик|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|रूप|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|pojava}}, {{t|sh|izgled}}, {{t+|sh|vanjština}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|figura|f}}, {{t+|scn|aspettu|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|videz|m}}, {{t|sl|zunanjost|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|apariencia|f}}, {{t+|es|hechura}}, {{t+|es|estampa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|utseende|n}}
* Tahitian: {{t|ty|hohoʻa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зо́внішній ви́гляд}}, {{t|uk|зо́внішність}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bề ngoài}}
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{{trans-top|Semblance, or apparent likeness}}
{{trans-top|Semblance, or apparent likeness}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|شَكْل|m}}
*Portuguese: [[aparência]] {{f}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|во́нкавасць|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прилика}}
*Swedish: [[tillstymmelse]], [[sken]], [[utseende]]
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aspecte|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vzhled|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanblik}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ulkonäkö}}, {{t+|fi|ulkomuoto}}
* French: {{t+|fr|apparence|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Aussehen|n}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὄψις|f}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|dealramh|m}}, {{t|ga|cruth|m}}, {{t|ga|cuma|f}}, {{t|ga|aithnid|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|apparenza|f}}, {{t+|it|aspetto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|見た目|tr=[[みため]], mitame|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|外見|tr=がいけん, gaiken|sc=Jpan}}; {{qualifier|formally}} {{t+|ja|外観|tr=がいかん, gaikan|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|体裁|tr=ていさい, teisai}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aspectus|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aparência|f}}, {{t+|pt|aspecto|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|aparență|f}}, {{t+|ro|înfățișare|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вне́шность|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|coltas|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|apparenzia|f}}, {{t+|scn|ariu|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|videz|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|apariencia|f}}, {{t+|es|aire|m}}, {{t+|es|aspecto|m}}, {{t+|es|viso|m}}, {{t+|es|cariz|m}}, {{t+|es|pergeño|m}}, {{t+|es|pergenio|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tillstymmelse}}, {{t+|sv|sken}}, {{t+|sv|utseende}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зо́внішність}}
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{{trans-top|The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings}}
{{trans-top|The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|esiintyminen}}
*Portuguese: [[aparecimento]] {{m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εμφάνιση|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|उपस्थिति|f}}
*Swedish: [[uppträdande]], [[framträdande]]
* Italian: {{t+|it|presentazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|世間体|tr=sekentei}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ætīewednes|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aparecimento|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|prezentare|f}}, {{t+|ro|înfățișare|f}}, {{t+|ro|apariție|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|появле́ние|n}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|prisintazziuni|f}}, {{t|scn|participazziuni|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aparición|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|uppträdande}}, {{t+|sv|framträdande}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|поя́ва}}
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{{trans-top|The coming into court of either of the parties}}
{{trans-top|The coming into court of either of the parties}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|явяване}}
*Portuguese: [[comparecimento]] {{m}}
* Chinese:
{{trans-mid}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|出庭}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|saapuminen}}, {{t+|fi|ilmestyminen}}, {{t+|fi|näyttäytyminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|comparution|f}}
*: Middle French: {{t|frm|comparution|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εμφάνιση|f}}, {{t+|el|προσέλευση|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पेशी|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|láithreas|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|comparizione|f}}, {{t+|it|comparsa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|出廷|tr=しゅってい, shuttei|sc=Jpan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stawiennictwo|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|comparecimento|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înfățișare|f}} (la judecătorie)
* Russian: {{t+|ru|я́вка|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|cumparizziuni|f}}, {{t+|scn|cumparsa|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aparición|f}}, {{t+|es|comparecencia|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|я́вка}}
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===References===
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* {{R:Webster 1913|appearance}}


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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear +‎ -ance. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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appearance (countable and uncountable, plural appearances)

  1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
    His sudden appearance surprised me.
  2. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
    There was a strange appearance in the sky.
  3. The way something looks; personal presence
    Synonyms: aspect, mien
  4. Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
    Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.
    • 2016 February 4, Mark Hudson, “KAWS, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, review: 'hypnotically compelling'”, in The Telegraph‎[1]:
      KAWS’s first sculptures were limited edition toys for the Japanese brand Bounty Hunter, and the stylised figures distributed around YSP in a variety of postures – shielding their eyes from the sun, seated in apparent contemplation or leading a child-sized version of themselves over the sward – have the appearance of gigantic toys, with their instant legibility and machine-honed surfaces.
    • 1769, The King James Bible, Numbers ix. 15:
      And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
    • 1769, The King James Bible, John vii. 24:
      Judge not according to the appearance.
    • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Ch.9, at p.150, 151:
      'Never be taken in by false appearancesʻ was Swift's habitual satirical message. 'In most Corporeal Beings, which have fallen under my Cognizance, the Outside hath been infinitely preferable to the In,' he elsewhere proclaimed. [...] The sordid reality beneath the mask haunted him: was all civilisation just dirt and derangement at heart? [...] Evidently man was not the homo rationalis he pretended to be but rather, at best, homo rationis capax - a creature capable of rationality, though by implication falling short.
  5. (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
    Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ.
  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 character.
    A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
    David Beckham's first appearance with the LA Galaxy at Giants Stadium against the New York Red Bulls last night drew a crowd of 66237.
  7. (law) 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 appearance
  8. (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
    The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.

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