<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public:<ul><li>the unannounced appearance of dinner guests;</li><li>the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda;</li><li>her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.</li></ul></li><li>Synonyms: advent, coming, arrival</li><li>the state, condition, manner, or style in which a person or object appears; outward look or aspect:<ul><li>a table of antique appearance;</li><li>a man of noble appearance.</li></ul></li><li>Synonyms: presence, demeanor</li><li>outward show or seeming; semblance:<ul><li>to avoid the appearance of coveting an honor.</li></ul></li><li>Synonyms: pretense, face</li><li>Law: the coming into court of either party to a suit or action.</li><li>appearances, outward impressions, indications, or circumstances:<ul><li>By all appearances, he enjoyed himself.</li></ul></li><li>Philosophy: the sensory, or phenomenal, aspect of existence to an observer.</li><li>Archaic: an apparition.</li></ul>