appearance

Definition

  • noun: the way that someone or something looks
  • noun: external show
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: look, aspect, figure

Examples

  • The playground 'gives every appearance of' being a safe place for children [=the playground appears to be a safe place for children], but a tragic accident occurred there recently.

  • He has announced that this will be his final/last 'appearance' with the band. [=the last time that he will perform in public with the band]

  • I wasn't expecting him to come and was surprised by his sudden 'appearance'. [=I was surprised when he suddenly appeared/arrived]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) a man and a woman. She said this is my mummy and daddy. I said your mummy's not that fat. She said she was pregnant. So it wasn't from her appearance? No. Why are you lying? You're a woman. You can't tell if a woman is pregnant? Even if I could tell (..)
    2011 A Separation