appearance

noun

1) (what can be seen (of a person, thing etc): From his appearance he seemed very wealthy.) utseende, ytre

2) (the act of coming into view or coming into a place: The thieves ran off at the sudden appearance of two policemen.) tilsynekomst, ved synet av

3) (the act of coming before or presenting oneself/itself before the public or a judge etc: his first appearance on the stage.) opptreden; frammøte

subst. \/əˈpɪər(ə)ns\/

1) utseende, ytre

2) offentlig fremtreden, opptreden, fremmøte

3) tilsynekomst, det å dukke opp

4) utgivelse, det å komme ut

• the appearance of the book caused great publicity

5) (gammeldags) foreteelse, fenomen

appearances (spesielt flertall) det ytre, skinnet

• appearances are against him

han har utseendet mot seg

appearances are deceptive skinnet bedrar

for the sake of appearance(s) se ➢ sake

give the appearance of eller have the appearance of se ut til å gi skinn av, late som

go by appearances eller judge by appearance dømme etter det ytre\/fasaden

in appearance ytre sett slik det ser ut

keep up appearances holde på formen, vokte fasaden

make an appearance gjøre en kort opptreden, være til stede en kort stund

make one's appearance dukke opp, vise seg, opptre

make one's first appearance (teater e.l.)

debutere

put in a personal appearance foreta en personlig henvendelse

to all appearance(s) eller from all appearance(s) eller by all appearance(s) etter alt å dømme