1. Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
   "The appearance of the building was striking";
   - visual aspect
    
2. The event of coming into sight
   "The sudden appearance of the deer startled the hikers"
    
3. 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"
    
4. Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
   "The defendant's appearance in court was mandatory";
   - appearing, coming into court
    
5. A mental representation
   "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"
    
6. Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
   "they try to keep up appearances";
   - show

Derived forms: appearances

Type of: arrival, attendance, attending, happening, internal representation, mental representation, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, pretense [N. Amer], quality, representation, simulation

Antonym: disappearance

Encyclopedia: Appearance