The way something looks; personal presence
Used in a Sentence
appearances
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for appearances.
Editorial note
That doesn't mean that he hasn't descended into troll-level talking head status, generating controversy to drum up speaking appearances.
Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The way something looks; personal presence
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of appearances gathered in one view.
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for appearances.
noun
The way something looks; personal presence
noun
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
noun
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
noun
Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
Example sentences
That doesn't mean that he hasn't descended into troll-level talking head status, generating controversy to drum up speaking appearances.
Varoufakis's thinking for the last 5 years, through his many appearances on Doug Henwood's Behind the News podcast.
So you're going to spend more than the cost of the ticket on lawyers, repeat court appearances, and subpoenas?
It's been shown in at least one experiment that superficial appearances are correlated with underlying qualities.
The idealist's argument assumes each of us experiences the world in the same way: as appearances.
This is starting to happen with things like google material and similar UI libraries that try to standardize appearances across devices.
It was first articulated by Pyrrho, who believed that everything could be doubted except appearances.
If you don't want to modify the widget appearances or behaviors, Ext-GWT is nice.
In the non-tech society, keeping up appearances was and is of paramount importance.
Running a Matrix server leaves you somewhat under the control of Matrix, which despite appearances is just a branding for a commercial outfit.
Physical appearances are relatively ephemeral, people who put too much value on looks are setting themselves up for extreme amounts of disappointment in life.
Despite outward appearances, Orwell is not making one of those prescriptivist rants that you sometimes see from people who don't know how language evolves.
Quote examples
I can't think of a worse message to send to potential female competitors than "you're only on this team because we needed some women for appearances".
Steve Wozniak was "cofounder" at apple, which meant he did a few public appearances and such and was paid but he wasn't "working" there.
Finally, I don't recall if the papers themselves mention this but at least in speaking appearances Conway has said that he doesn't mean for people to read too much (or too little) into the word "Will", here.
Proper noun examples
Appearances which can be very abusive to dependent persons in their sphere of influence.
Appearances can be massively deceiving, and in many cases, they actually are.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use appearances in a sentence?
That doesn't mean that he hasn't descended into troll-level talking head status, generating controversy to drum up speaking appearances.
What does appearances mean?
The way something looks; personal presence
What part of speech is appearances?
appearances is commonly used as noun.