appearance (əˈpɪərəns
)
Definitions
noun
- the act or an instance of appearing, as to the eye, before the public, etc
- the outward or visible aspect of a person or thing ⇒
her appearance was stunning
it has the appearance of powdered graphite
- an outward show; pretence ⇒
he gave an appearance of working hard
- (often plural) one of the outward signs or indications by which a person or thing is assessed ⇒
first appearances are deceptive
- law
- the formal attendance in court of a party in an action
- formal notice that a party or his legal representative intends to maintain or contest the issue ⇒
to enter an appearance
- philosophy
- the outward or phenomenal manifestation of things
- the world as revealed by the senses, as opposed to its real nature Compare reality (sense 4)
- See keep up appearances
- See put in an appearance
- See to all appearances
Quotations
"All that glisters is not gold"
"Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be"
"Appearances are often deceiving"
"It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances"
"You can't tell a book by its cover"
Translations
- British English:
appearance
When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it....the president's second public appearance.əˈpɪərəns NOUN ...the president's second public appearance.
- Spanish:
apariencia
nf
- French:
apparition
nf
- German:
Erscheinen
nnt
- Chinese: 出现 n
- Arabic: ظُهُور n
- Portuguese: aparência nf
- Russian: появление nnt
- Croatian: pojava nf
- Czech: vzhled nm
- Danish: udseende nnt
- Dutch: verschijning nf
- Finnish: ilmestyminen n
- Greek: εμφάνιση nf
- Italian: comparsa nf
- Japanese: 出現 n
- Korean: 출현 n
- Norwegian: tilsynekomst nm
- Polish: pojawienie się nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: comparência nf
- European Spanish:
apariencia
nf
- Swedish: uppträdande nnt
- Thai: การปรากฏตัว n
- Turkish: görünüş n
- Vietnamese: sự xuất hiện n
Usage examples
His outward appearance had nothing to do with the way I felt about him.
, LOST SUMMER (2002)The appearance of a link does not imply Maxim's endorsement.
Maxim (2004)Perhaps he'd forgotten about Ronaldo's appearance in the 1998 World Cup final.
Irish Times (2002)There's no real feeling of additional bulk, partly because the rear-end appearance was decided on at the start of the whole C-class project.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Maybe the whole TV appearance is just another basement solo performance.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)