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appearance
noun (BEING PRESENT) /əˈpɪə.rəns/
/-ˈpɪr.əns/ Definition
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B2 [C] an occasion when someone appears in public: It was his first appearance on television/television appearance as president. She will be making a public appearance, signing copies of her latest novel.Appearing and disappearing › [C] an occasion when someone goes to court to be officially involved in a trial: This was the defendant's third court appearance for the same offence.Acting, rehearsing and performing B2 [C] a public performance by an entertainer: He made his first stage/TV appearance at the age of six.Acting, rehearsing and performing put in an appearance › to be present somewhere for a short time: I didn't really want to go to the party, but I thought I'd better put in an appearance.PresentAvailable and accessibleUnavailable and inaccessible
(Definition of appearance noun (BEING PRESENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all over somewhere idiom
- attendance noun (BEING PRESENT)
- attendance noun (PROVIDING HELP)
- attendant adjective
- be in at the kill idiom
- front noun (PLACE)
- here adverb
- in the flesh idiom
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- knock about/around (sth) phrasal verb
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- person noun (HUMAN)
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- present adjective (IN A PLACE)
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