on+appearance

  • 21Appearance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Appearance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 appearance appearance phenomenon sight spectacle show premonstration| scene species view coup d oeil Sgm: N 1 lookout lookout outlook …

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  • 22appearance — [[t]əpɪ͟ərəns[/t]] ♦♦ appearances 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft supp N When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it. It was the president s second public appearance to date... Keegan made 68… …

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  • 23appearance — /euh pear euhns/, n. 1. the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda; her first appearance at a stockholders meeting. 2. the state,… …

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  • 24appearance — noun 1 WAY SB/STH LOOKS (C, U) the way someone or something looks to other people: You mustn t worry about your appearance you look fine. | They ve changed the whole appearance of the building. | judge by appearances (=judge someone or something… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25appearance */*/*/ — UK [əˈpɪərəns] / US [əˈpɪrəns] noun Word forms appearance : singular appearance plural appearances 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the way that someone or something looks The twins are almost identical in appearance. His thinning hair gave him the… …

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  • 26appearance — A coming into court as party to a suit, either in person or by attorney, whether as plaintiff or defendant. The formal proceeding by which a defendant submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court. The voluntary submission to a court s… …

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  • 27appearance — A coming into court as party to a suit, either in person or by attorney, whether as plaintiff or defendant. The formal proceeding by which a defendant submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court. The voluntary submission to a court s… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 28appearance — ap|pear|ance [ ə pırəns ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the way that someone or something looks: His thinning hair gave him the appearance of a much older man. Recent initiatives have done a lot to improve the appearance of the district. The… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29appearance*/*/*/ — [əˈpɪərəns] noun 1) [U] the way that someone or something looks The twins are almost identical in appearance.[/ex] His thinning hair gave him the appearance of a much older man.[/ex] He always gives the appearance of being very busy.[/ex] 2) [U]… …

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  • 30appearance — ap•pear•ance [[t]əˈpɪər əns[/t]] n. 1) the act or process of appearing 2) outward look or aspect: a person of noble appearance[/ex] 3) outward show; semblance: maintained an appearance of honesty[/ex] 4) the coming into court of either party to a …

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