Definitions for appearances

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appearances ap·pear·ance

Spelling: [uh-peer-uh ns]

IPA: /əˈpɪər əns/

Appearances is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 521 anagrams from letters in appearances (aaaceenpprs).

Definitions for appearances

noun

1. the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public:
2. the state, condition, manner, or style in which a person or object appears; outward look or aspect:
3. outward show or seeming; semblance:
4. Law. the coming into court of either party to a suit or action.
5. appearances, outward impressions, indications, or circumstances:
6. Philosophy. the sensory, or phenomenal, aspect of existence to an observer.
7. Archaic. an apparition.

Idioms

1. keep up appearances, to maintain a public impression of decorum, prosperity, etc., despite reverses, unfavorable conditions, etc.:
2. make an appearance, to come; arrive:
3. put in an appearance, to attend a gathering or meeting, especially for a very short time:

Origin of appearances

1350-1400; appear + -ance; replacing Middle English aparance Anglo-French, Old French Late Latin appārentia, neuter plural of Latin appārēn

Examples for appearances

He makes no appearances—no debates, no town halls—and nobody seems to care!

This is a sort of economy having all the appearances and some of the advantages of prudence.

He knows he was lucky that way; but also that appearances can be deceptive.

He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.

Yet, I warn you, appearances are deceitful; he is always drunker than he looks.

Conservative columnist Reihan Salam suggested that GOP-backed minimum wage discussions might be feints for appearances only.

Joe Biden was there to ‘kiss the ring,’ while John McCain boasted of a record 101 appearances.

How could he have allowed himself to be deceived by appearances on entering?

She clung to appearances with a tenacity that nothing could shake.

I will confess that although probabilities are for it, appearances are against it.