Appearance Definition

ə-pîrəns
appearances
noun
appearances
The act or an instance of coming into sight.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of appearing.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of coming into public view.
The author made a rare personal appearance.
American Heritage
The look or outward aspect of a person or thing.
Webster's New World
Outward aspect.
An untidy appearance.
American Heritage
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idiom
keep up appearances
  • to maintain an outward show of being proper, decorous, well-off, etc.
Webster's New World
make an appearance
  • to put in an appearance
  • to appear publicly
Webster's New World
put in an appearance
  • to be present for a short time, as at a party, meeting, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Appearance

Noun

Singular:
appearance
Plural:
appearances

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Appearance

Origin of Appearance

  • From French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Displaced native Middle English wlite (from Middle English wlite (“appearance”)).

    From Wiktionary

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Appearance Sentence Examples

  • Shadows made his appearance sinister.

  • He sensed the silent appearance of his friend and drew a breath.

  • Each time he made an appearance, Alex was close enough to see.

  • He's gonna make an appearance, just you watch!

  • In appearance he was just what he used to be.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPP

Words Ending With

ECENCE

Unscrambles

appearance

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

Starts With A & Ends With EStarts With AP & Ends With EStarts With A & Ends With CE

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With A10 Letter Words Ending With E
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