* appearaunce

From French _apparence_, from Latin _apparentia_, from _appareo_. Displaced native Middle English _wlite_ (from Middle English _wlite_ (“appearance”)).

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɪəɹəns/ * (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɪɹəns/ * Hyphenation: ap‧pear‧ance

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. * John Milton (1608-1674) And now am come to see . . . It thy APPEARANCE answer loud report. * Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others. _Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my APPEARANCE._ * Bible, Numbers ix. 15 There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the APPEARANCE of fire. * Bible, 1 Samuel xvi. 7 For man looketh on the outward APPEARANCE. * Bible, John vii. 24 Judge not according to the APPEARANCE. * 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._ * John Milton (1608-1674) Will he now retire, After APPEARANCE, and again prolong Our expectation? * (law) 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. * (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient. _The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no APPEARANCE until after the obstruction resolved._ 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 TRANSLATIONS

* appearance in _Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary_, G. & C. Merriam, 1913