appearance

CEFRB1

/əˈpɪə.ɹəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The way someone or something looks.

  2. 02

    noun

    The act of becoming visible or being present.

Examples

  • You must not rely too much on appearance.

  • No one noticed the bear's appearance.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈpiɹ.əns/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.

  2. The way something looks; personal presence

  3. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

More examples

In context

  • Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.

  • There was a strange appearance in the sky.

  • His sudden appearance surprised me.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Her sudden blank at the party surprised everyone who thought she was out of town.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear + -ance. Doublet of apparence and apparency. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”).