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 →

2) An appearance is when someone or something comes into sight or arrives, especially suddenly. tree →

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 →

4) The appearance of something is how it seems, which may not be the truth. tree →

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 →
• Don't judge people by their appearance. tree →
• The sudden appearance of a fox scared the hens. tree →
• The singer made a surprise appearance at our school. tree →
• He has made 50 appearances for the team. tree →
• Describe the appearance of the leaf: colour, shape and edges. tree →
• To all appearances the house was empty, but a light was on. tree →
• Grandma only put in a quick appearance at the party. tree →
• The supper made its appearance at last. tree →

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».
• So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
• Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.
• And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.
• And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «appearance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.