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# appearance

«appearance» in Mova's school dictionary: **how you look from the outside, like your hair, face and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an appearance, appearances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your appearance is how you look from the outside, like your hair, face and clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#m1)

2) An appearance is when someone or something comes into sight or arrives, especially suddenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#m2)

3) An appearance is when someone takes part in a show, a game or an event, like an actor on TV or a player in a match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#m3)

4) The appearance of something is how it seems, which may not be the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science pupils describe the appearance of rocks, plants or crystals (colour, shape, texture). In stories it tells how a character looks or when they show up. In sport it counts games played. Phrases: make an appearance, put in an appearance, keep up appearances, judging by appearances, from all appearances.

### examples

- The rock had a shiny, grey appearance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x1)
- Don't judge people by their appearance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x2)
- The sudden appearance of a fox scared the hens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x3)
- The singer made a surprise appearance at our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x4)
- He has made 50 appearances for the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x5)
- Describe the appearance of the leaf: colour, shape and edges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x6)
- To all appearances the house was empty, but a light was on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x7)
- Grandma only put in a quick appearance at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x8)
- The supper made its appearance at last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/#x9)

### note

Starts with a vowel: "an appearance". Spelling trap: "-ance", not "-ence"; double p. Comes from the verb "appear". "Appearances can be deceiving" means how things look may not be true. In sport problems, "appearances" = number of games played.

### In the corpora

- [Samuel was told: «People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath/10/)
- [So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.392/)
- [Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.442/)
- [And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.5/)
- [And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appearance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.