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Appearance   /əpˈɪrəns/   Listen
Appearance

noun
1.
Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing.  Synonym: visual aspect.
2.
The event of coming into sight.
3.
Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action.  Synonyms: appearing, coming into court.
4.
A mental representation.
5.
The act of appearing in public view.  "It was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"
6.
Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression.  Synonym: show.  "That ceremony is just for show"



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"Appearance" Quotes from Famous Books



... into the garrison by a false pass, and took up his residence at an inferior tavern in a narrow lane, which runs off the main street of Gibraltar, and is kept by a man of the name of Basso. The appearance of this house suits well with the associations of the worthy Benito's life. I have occasion to pass the door frequently at night, for our barrack, (the Casement,) is but a few yards from it. I never look at the place without feeling ...
— The Pirates Own Book • Charles Ellms
... appearance had not improved during his illness: his face, over the lower half of which a black beard had grown rankly, was puffy with convalescent fat. His hands that drummed idly against the couch were white and flabby. As he half rose and extended ...
— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick
... July 5th. Here again the place forms a beautiful picture from the sea. A reef runs far out and is marked by a lighthouse, while the town itself, protected by a fort with grass ramparts, lies on the south side of a kind of bay, which, however, has more the appearance of the mouth of a large river. Palms and other tropical plants grow to the water's edge and among them are yellow and red houses while higher up the hills behind, are isolated bungalows and the barracks, at this time occupied by the West African regiment. In the distance, bleak and bare mountains ...
— A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State • Marcus Dorman
... abstractly. She was still wondering confusedly why Molly had failed to put in any appearance at Greenacres. "What ...
— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler
... in the daytime, the sitting-room had been more especially Bessie's domain. How strange and chilling was the thought it would be empty of Bessie for evermore. Her untidy work-basket peeped out from under the sofa where she always pushed it on the appearance of a visitor; the penny weekly paper in which she read of the fashions, and the romantic love-matches of which she had dreamed while making an absolutely sordid marriage herself, was tucked behind the cushion of her chair. Deleah stood within the doorway for ...
— Mrs. Day's Daughters • Mary E. Mann


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