Appearance ¹

Definition: The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

Appearance ²

Definition: A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

Appearance ³

Definition: Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.

Appearance ⁴

Definition: 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.

Appearance ⁵

Definition: 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.

Appearance ⁶

Definition: Probability; likelihood.

Appearance ⁷

Definition: 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.

appearance ⁸

Definition: 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"

appearance ⁹

Definition: 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"

appearance ¹⁰

Definition: formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

appearance ¹¹

Definition: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

appearance ¹²

Definition: a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"

appearance ¹³

Definition: the event of coming into sight