appearance
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: arrival, emergence, emersion, reappearance |
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Antonyms: disappearance |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: show |
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Related Words: feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation |
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(noun) formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
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Synonyms: appearing, coming into court |
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Related Words: attendance, attending |
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(noun) outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
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Synonyms: visual aspect |
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Related Words: agerasia, beauty, cast, color, colour, complexion, countenance, decorativeness, deformity, discoloration, discolouration, disfigurement, effect, elaborateness, face, form, format, hairiness, hairlessness, homeliness, image, impression, linear perspective, look, ornateness, persona, perspective, phase, plainness, quality, semblance, shape, skin condition, stain, superficies, ugliness, vanishing point, view, visage |
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(noun) a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" |
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Related Words: 3-D, 3D, front, illusion, internal representation, mental representation, representation, semblance, three-D |
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(noun) the event of coming into sight |
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Related Words: apparition, happening, manifestation, materialisation, materialization, natural event, occurrence, reappearance |
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Antonyms: disappearance |
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