Meaning of appearance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
   countable, uncountable
2. appearance (semblance, or apparent likeness)
3. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye
4. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
   countable, uncountable
5. put in an appearance, to attend a gathering, esp. for a short time.
6. appearance (personal presence)
7. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition
8. apariencia, aspecto.
9. The way something looks; personal presence
10. The act or an instance of coming into sight.
11. Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
    countable, uncountable
12. Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others
13. The act or an instance of coming into public view: The author made a rare personal appearance.
14. That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
15. Outward aspect: an untidy appearance.
16. 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.
    countable, uncountable
17. Something that appears; a phenomenon.
18. 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
    countable, uncountable
19. A superficial aspect; a semblance: keeping up an appearance of wealth.
20. Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
    countable, uncountable
21. appearances Outward indications; circumstances: a cheerful person, to all appearances.
22. the act or an instance of appearing, as to the eye, before the public, etc
23. the outward or visible aspect of a person or thing: her appearance was stunning; it has the appearance of powdered graphite.

Equivalents

Examples

“His sudden appearance surprised me.”

“There was a strange appearance in the sky.”

“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.”

“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?”

“Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Judge not according to the appearance.”

“'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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation?”

“The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.”

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