1. Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
   - visual aspect 
2. The event of coming into sight 
3. Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
   - appearing, coming into court 
4. A mental representation
   "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" 
5. 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" 
6. Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
   "they try to keep up appearances"
   - show

Derived forms: appearances

See also: appear

Type of: arrival, attendance, attending, feigning, happening, internal representation, mental representation, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, pretense [N. Amer], quality, representation, simulation

Antonym: disappearance

Encyclopedia: Appearance

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