noun The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
His sudden appearance surprised me.
noun A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
There was a strange appearance in the sky.
noun The way something looks; personal presence
noun Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.
noun That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ.
noun The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
noun An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
noun Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.