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* [[Catalan]]: [[aparició]] |
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* Finnish: [[ilmestyminen]], [[ilmaantuminen]] |
* Finnish: [[ilmestyminen]], [[ilmaantuminen]] |
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* German: [[Erscheinen]] {{n}}, [[Auftritt]] {{m}} |
* German: [[Erscheinen]] {{n}}, [[Auftritt]] {{m}} |
Revision as of 14:26, 20 June 2009
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) apparence, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) apparentia, from (deprecated template usage) appareo.
Pronunciation
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Noun
appearance (plural appearances)
- The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
- His sudden appearance surprised me.
- A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
- There was a strange appearance in the sky.
- Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
- And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report. --Milton.
- apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
- There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. --Num. ix. 15.
- For man looketh on the outward appearance. --1 Sam. xvi. 7.
- Judge not according to the appearance. --John. vii. 24.
- 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.
- Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation? --John Milton.
- Template:legal 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.
Synonyms
- (act of coming into sight): arrival, manifestation,
- (a thing seen): spectacle, apparition, phenomenon, presence
- (aspect of a person): aspect, air; figure, look; manner, mien
- (outward show): semblance, show; pretense, façade or facade
- (act of appearing in public): debut
Derived terms
- court appearance
- disappearance
- keep up appearances
- nonappearance
- plate appearance
- put in an appearance
- reappearance
- save appearances
Translations
The act of appearing or coming into sight
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A thing seen
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Personal presence, form or look
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Semblance, or apparent likeness
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The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings
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The coming into court of either of the parties
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References
“appearance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.