the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public:
the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso inAïda; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
2.
the state, condition, manner, or style in which a person or object appears; outward look or aspect:
a table of antique appearance; a man of noble appearance.
3.
outward show or seeming; semblance:
to avoid the appearance of coveting an honor.
4.
Law. the coming into court of either party to a suit or action.
5.
appearances, outward impressions, indications, or circumstances:
By all appearances, he enjoyed himself.
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Philosophy. the sensory, or phenomenal, aspect of existence to an observer.
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Archaic. an apparition.