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appearance

/əˈpɪəɹəns/
noun
  1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

    "His sudden appearance surprised me."

  2. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.

    "There was a strange appearance in the sky."

  3. The way something looks; personal presence

    Similar: aspect, mien

Synonymsapparition, phenomenon, presence, spectacle, debut, arrival
Antonymsnon-appearance, nonappearance

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