Appearance
[ə'pɪər(ə)ns] or [ə'pɪrəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of appearing in public view; 'the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period'; 'it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America'.
(noun.) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; 'they try to keep up appearances'; 'that ceremony is just for show'.
(noun.) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action.
(noun.) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing.
(noun.) a mental representation; 'I tried to describe his appearance to the police'.
(noun.) the event of coming into sight.
Checked by Aubrey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
(n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
(n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
(n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
(n.) 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; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
(n.) Probability; likelihood.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Pansy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Coming, arrival.[2]. Appearance, spectrum, what is seen.[3]. Semblance, seeming, show, face, pretence, color, pretext, guise, fashion, feature.[4]. Mien, air, aspect, look, complexion, figure, manner, demeanor, personal presence.
Editor: Noreen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Advent, coming, arrival, presence, apparition, aspect, Manifestatlon,probability, likeness, exhibition, mien, manner, semblance, air, show, look,pretense, likelihood, presumption
ANT:Departure, disappearance, unlikelihood, non-appearance, concealment, evanition
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- His mouth was such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- All noticed the change in his appearance. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His hat presents at the rims a peculiar appearance of a glistening nature, as if it had been a favourite snail-promenade. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The most obvious conclusion from this is, that human nature is in general pusillanimous; since upon the sudden appearance of any object. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He was roused from a meditation on these dire imaginings by the sudden appearance of two figures at a turn of the lane. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- From the year 1902 to 1909, the style of their motorcycle remained substantially the same in appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His appearance was quite familiar to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The gunboats, however, ploughed their way through without other damage than to their appearance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This appearance excited our unqualified wonder. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was a tentative reply, the man having a seafaring appearance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I bent over the body, and took in my hand the edge of his cloak, less altered in appearance than the human frame it clothed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If his appearance even inspired us with hope, it only rendered the state of her mind more painful. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Still, whatever we believe or know of him, we had better not forget that some appearances are against him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Appearances did not justify an assault where we were. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thirdly, Account for that propensity, which this illusion gives, to unite these broken appearances by a continued existence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But I get hope and strength through you; and you believe that though appearances may rise against him, he will be proved clear? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Whilst, for instance, the spectator is looking at the interior of a church, he sees the objects gradually assuming different appearances. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- You deceived me--not by words, but by appearances, which are less seen through than words. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He is intent upon various new expenses,--horses, and carriages, and lavish appearances of all kinds. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He pointed out to me the shifting colours of the landscape, and the appearances of the sky. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We've been too busy to attend to mere outward appearances. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Still, in no direction were there any appearances of the trampling of men in hurried flight. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- When I came to the right appearances were different. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And the painter too is, as I conceive, just such another--a creator of appearances, is he not? Plato. The Republic.
- I observe three suspicious appearances in that young lady. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Think of the look of the thing,' expostulated Mr. Pickwick; 'have some regard to appearances. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh dear, yes; appearances have very little to do with happiness, said Rosamond. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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