appearance

appearance has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. 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"
• n.. 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"
• n.. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
• n.. outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
• n.. a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"