appearance
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
“His sudden appearance surprised me.”
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
“There was a strange appearance in the sky.”
The way something looks; personal presence
Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
“Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.”
Etymology
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”).
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APPEARANCE at a glance
APPEARANCE has 10 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (A 1 + P 3 + P 3 + E 1 + A 1 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,006 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with appearance
All rhymes- SINCE7
- ONCE6
- EXPERIENCE21
- CHANCE13
- PERFORMANCE20
- EVIDENCE14
- SCIENCE11
- CONFERENCE17
- DIFFERENCE19
- INSURANCE11
- DANCE8
- DISTANCE11
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