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Definition: Appearance |
AppearanceNoun1. Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. 2. The event of coming into sight. 3. Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action. 4. A mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police". 5. The act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America". 6. Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "appearance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Appearance \Ap*pear"ance\, noun. [French expression apparence, from Latin expression apparentia, from apparere. See Appear.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Post & Telecom | The point at which a circuit is terminated and access is gained to the circuit, with special reference to terminations on boards attended by operators. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AppearanceSynonyms: appearing (n), coming into court (n), show (n), visual aspect (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disappearance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrival | Light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down; (be located); get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in; (ingress); make one's appearance; (appear); drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit. |
Extrinsicality | Noun: extrinsicality, objectiveness, non ego; extraneousness; accident; appearance, phenomenon. |
Probability | Adverb: probably; Adjective: belike; in all probability, in all likelihood; very likely, most likely; like enough; odds on, odds in favor, ten; to one; apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation; prim_ facie; to all appearance; (to the eye). |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
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Crosswords: Appearance |
| Specialty definitions using "appearance": Cosmetic appearance ♦ leaden appearance. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "appearance": Alkahest, Amylopsin ♦ Calliopsis, Cirrhosis ♦ Dryobalanops ♦ Face ♦ Ichthyopsida ♦ Juniper ♦ Mangonize, Manis ♦ Sauropsida, sedge, Senecio, species. (references) |
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Screenplays | In fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, that they are mistaken for dwarf men. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Truth is appearance, but appearance isn't always truth. (Sleepy Hollow; writing credit: Kevin Yagher) Repulsed by her haggard appearance the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away. (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) And - get this - they said that appearance wasn't important! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) He's smart, he's sensitive, he's clearly not obsessed with his physical appearance (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Clever | Doing a thing wrong for a long period of time gives it the superficial appearance of being right. (references; author: unknown) A man who is attracted by your mental appearance loves you more than a man who is attracted by your physical appearance. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Appearance of Super Giant (1956) Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (1949) Appearance of Evil (1918) Her First Appearance (1910) | |
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The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells as well. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family. Credit: Bernard Kramarsky (photographer). | The photo of an electron micrograph of HHV-6 also includes a labeled insert of the mature virus particle. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family. The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells and is the cause of the childhood rash "roseola" and some cases of mononucleosis. Credit: Bernard Kramarsky (photographer). | ||
There is marked irregularity in the provisional zone of ossification producing a "saw-toothed" appearance. Note small islands of cartilage remaining in the ossified bone; H&E stain; magnification 100X. Credit: CDC. | Multiple primary chancres of the labium minora. The primary stage of syphilis is usually marked by the appearance of a single sore called a chancre. The chancre is usually firm, round, small, and painless. Credit: CDC. | ||
In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so ... Credit: NASA. | The appearance of a galaxy can depend strongly on the color of the light with which it is ... Credit: NASA. | ||
![]() | 3-D image from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Mitchell Dome in center of image Very similar to Mickey Mouse appearance Sometimes referred to as "Mickey Mouse Domes". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | View from the northeastern edge of Provincetown. The windmills were used in the the production of salt. The high sand dunes added to the unique appearance of this Cape Cod town. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
![]() | Appearance of the sea ice on October 8, 1898. In: "Resultats du Voyage du S. Y. BELGICA en 1897-1898-1899 .... Oceanographie Les Glaces Glace de Mer et Banquises" par Henryk Arctowski. 1908. P. 55. Plate I. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Title to map published in Congressional Report depicting work of Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS in conducting deep sea soundings for a telegraphic cable survey. This map is very modern in appearance and was among the first to depict individual stand-alone seamounts. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aesop | We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. |
Benjamin Franklin | Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. |
Burke | An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to beauty. |
Charles Lamb | The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance. |
Confucius | Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Appearance rules the world. |
La Fontaine | Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. |
Ovid | Neglect of appearance becomes men. |
Phaedrus | First appearance deceives many. |
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John Locke | 1690 | For what appearance would there be of any compact? what new engagement if he were no farther tied by any decrees of the society, than he himself thought fit, and did actually consent to? This would be still as great a liberty, as he himself had before his compact, or any one else in the state of nature hath, who may submit himself, and consent to any acts of it if he thinks fit. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | The doctrine of [347 U.S. 483, 491] "separate but equal" did not make its appearance in this Court until 1896 in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, supra, involving not education but transportation. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | And, seriously, Miss Fairfax is naturally so pale, as almost always to give the appearance of ill health. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | For he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | To the mass, success has almost the same appearance as supremacy. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He tried to recall her appearance but could not. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Some of them, to make a military appearance, wore tunics and Sam Browne belts. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | There is no appearance of a membrane about them. |
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Health | Some drugs may also change your appearance. (references) | |
Immunoglobulins G, D, and E are similar in appearance. (references) | ||
Cancer tissue has a distinctive appearance under the microscope. (references) | ||
Business | This group appears to be more conscious of their image and appearance. (references) | |
Primary buying factors for throws include appearance, function, colors and materials. (references) | ||
Since the appearance of the e-mail viruses, virus alertness is more intensive in Hungary. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Tunisia | Opposition members and international observers view the changes to the Press Code as largely superficial--designed to give the appearance of liberalization while only making minor cosmetic changes. (references) |
Belgium | The group had held its annual convention at the Exhibition Center since 1968. The rejection letter specifically mentioned the appearance of Jehovah's Witnesses on the parliamentary list of 189 sects as the reason for the refusal. (references) | |
Singapore | The fact that the Government gradually has raised the allowed weekly circulation of the publications corresponding more or less to actual demand allows the Government to maintain this aspect of control over the press while still maintaining the appearance of flexibility. (references) | |
Economic History | Niger | Freedom of the press flourished with the appearance of several new independent newspapers. (references) |
Sudan | While maintaining the appearance of joint administration, the British Empire formulated policies, and supplied most of the top administrators. (references) | |
Moldova | Internet is broadly available in large cities, most notably Chisinau and Balti, which have seen the appearance of an increasing number of cyber cafes. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | At this initial appearance, the accused either must be remanded for further investigation or released. (references) |
Tunisia | Credible reports indicate that police harassed Sihem Bensedrine's family after her June appearance on Al-Mustaquella. (references) | |
Nepal | The Supreme Court has, in some cases, ordered the release of detainees held longer than 24 hours without a court appearance. (references) | |
Minorities | Brazil | Leaders in the Jewish community expressed concern over the continued appearance of anti-Semitic material on Internet websites compiled by neo-Nazi and "skinhead" groups. (references) |
Political Economy | Western Sahara | They reportedly were held for 8 days before their appearance in an Agadir court and before their families were informed of their detention. (references) |
Sri Lanka | In most cases, there was no investigation or prosecution, giving the appearance of impunity for those responsible for human rights violations. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkmenistan | In practice President Niyazov's power over the state was absolute; despite the appearance of decisionmaking by consensus, most decisions are made at the presidential level, and the country remained a one-man state. (references) |
Korea | In an effort to give the appearance of democracy, the Government has created several "minority parties." Lacking grassroots organizations, they exist only as rosters of officials with token representation in the SPA. (references) | |
Trade | Egypt | Law 3 allows for automatic registration of a company upon presentation of the application to the Companies Department at the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade and for acquisition of legal status 15 days after appearance in the Commercial Register, with some exceptions. (references) |
Travel | Bangladesh | Business hours are 9:00-17:00. Muslim religious holidays vary with the appearance of the moon. (references) |
Uruguay | Business dress and appearance, as well as one's general approach to business relations, should be very conservative. (references) | |
Argentina | Argentine business and customs are generally more formal than those in the U.S. Business dress, appearance and general demeanor is more conservative. (references) | |
Women | Russia | Job advertisements often specify sex and age groups, and sometimes physical appearance as well. (references) |
Solomon Islands | In the rare cases that are reported, charges often are dropped by the victims before the court appearance or are settled out of court. (references) | |
Afghanistan | Women were expected to leave their homes only while escorted by a male relative, further curtailing the appearance and movement of women in public even when wearing approved clothing. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time. |
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Richard Gephardt | I think there's an appearance here of impropriety just from the fact, as I said, the other day, that you've got huge contributions going to both parties, but mostly to the Republican side. And then you have this problem occurring. |
Steve Kroft | Kenneth Kimes says before their arrest he was just a normal guy. He even made an appearance on a dating game show on MTV. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | But every appearance assuring such an issue as will redound to the reputation and strength of the United States, I have judged it most proper to resume my duties at the seat of Government, leaving the chief command with the governor of Virginia. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | In the month of August a very malignant fever made its appearance at Thompsons Island, which threatened the destruction of our station there. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The appearance of new squadrons in the Mediterranean and the blockade of the Dardanelles indicate the danger of other obstacles to the freedom of commerce and the necessity of keeping our naval force in those seas. |
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| "Appearance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Appearance" is used about 5,431 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5,431 | 1,803 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "appearance". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mephaath | N/A | Biblical | Appearance |
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Expressions using "appearance": assume the appearance ♦ assume the appearance of ♦ at first appearance ♦ athletic appearance ♦ enter an appearance ♦ first appearance ♦ general Appearance ♦ glaucous appearance ♦ guest appearance ♦ in appearance ♦ in spite of appearance ♦ juvenile appearance ♦ leaden appearance ♦ make an appearance ♦ make one's appearance ♦ outward appearance ♦ point appearance of a distant eight ♦ put in an appearance ♦ put on an appearance of surprise ♦ there is every appearance that ♦ to all appearance ♦ To put in an appearance. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "appearance": appearance-based, appearance-conscious, appearance-reality, appearance-the, appearance-versus-reality, appearance-wise. | |
Ending with "appearance": non-appearance, re-appearance. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | aspek (aspect, look, sight, view), air (aspect, look, sight, view), aansig (aspect, look, sight, view), aansien (aspect, esteem, look, regard, respect, sight, view), aanblik (aspect, look, sight, view), aanbl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dukje (display, face, look, make, semblance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مثول (presence), مظهر خارجي (color, colour, face, front, likeness, outside, physiognomy, semblance, show), مظهر (air, aspect, exhibitory, exterior, face, figure, form, guise, look, manifestation, mien, phase, presentation, semblance, shape, show, showing, visage), هيئة (aspect, body, cast, face, feature, form, framework, guise, make, organism, organization, shape, staff, touch), ظهور (apparition, assumption, emersion, issue, manifestation, occurrence, outcrop, release). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | явление (occurrence, phenomenon), външност (aspect, exterior, exteriority, externals, habit, looks, mien, outside, outward, person, personage, surface), вид (air, aspect, blush, breed, cast, clan, class, complexion, demeanor, demeanour, description, form, genre, genus, grade, guise, kidney, kind, likeness, look, manner, mien, mode, nature, order, persuasion, presence, race, shape, show, similitude, sort, species, strain, stripe, style, taxon, type, variety, view), лице (bod, countenance, face, features, figurehead, front, front view, frontage, individual, kisser, map, person, persona, personage, physiognomy, puss, sentry, visage), призрак (bogy, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantom, shade, shadow, shape, spectre, spirit, spook, vision, wraith), приличие (decencies), появяване (advent, apparition, emergence, emersion, entry, uprise), появява (advent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 像 (elephant, image, like, look, portrait, resemble, seem, similar, to appear, to look, to seem), 儀表 (bearing, meter), 外衣 (outer clothing, semblance), 外貌 (profile), 姿 (beauty, disposition, looks), 姿容 (looks), 容 (countenance, look, to allow, to contain, to hold), 出现 (Advent, Appear, Appeared, Appearing, figured, figuring), 儀 (apparatus, ceremony, present, rites), 樣 (manner, pattern, shape, way), 貌 , 相 (each other, mutually, one another, picture, portrait), 現象 (phenomenon), 表面 (face, outside, surface), 顯現 (to appear), 象 (elephant, form, shape, to be like, to resemble, to seem, to take after), 面目 (facial features, look), 面貌 (face, features), 色 (color, dice, look), 模樣 (approximation; about). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zjev, zdání (semblance, show), vzhled (air, aspect, look, looks, outward, visage), vystoupení (secession), vydání (edition, expense, extradition, incurability, issue, outlay, publication, surrender, version), výskyt (incidence, occurrence, presence, rate), publikace, objevení (apparition, discovery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | syn (aspect, look, sight, view), fremkomst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verschijning (apparition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aspekto (aspect), apero, ŝajno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | koma (appear, arrive, come, emerge, end up, get, perform), framkoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیدایش (Birth, Emersion, Genesis, Infrastructure), منظر (Aspect, Face, Hue, Image, Leer, Phantom, Phase, Spectrum, Visage, Wraith), نمود (Aspect, Growth, Phenomenon), نمایش (Display, Drama, Exhibition, Exposure, Histrionics, Ostentation, Parade, Performance, Play, Portrayal, Presentation, Representation, Show, Showing, Spectacle), سیما (Air, Aspect, Brow, Countenance, Expression, Feature, Mien, Visage), ظهور (Emersion, Income, Outbreak, Outburst, Peep), ظاهر (Apparent, Aspect, External, Face, Garb, Guise, Habit, Hue, Look, Mien, Ostensible, Outside, Rind, Surface). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liitäntäpiste (port), läsnäolo (presence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aspect, apparence, allure, spectacle, apparition (apparition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | aspekt (aspect, look, sight, view), oansjen (aspect, exterior, look, sight, to look at, view), gesicht (aspect, exterior, face, look, sight, view), ferskining. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galician | pinta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erscheinung (apparition, aspect, emergence, figure, guise, manifestation, occurance, parameterization, phantom, phenomenon, sign, symptom, vision, visitation), Aussehen (aspect, expression, figure, look, look like, lookout, looks, sight, to look like, view), Anschein (impression, seem, semblance, semblances), schein (apparent, bank note, banknote, bank-note, bill, certificate, gleam, glimmer, glint, glow, license, light, note, pretense, sham, shine, ticket), Aufgang (ascent, emergence, opening, rise, rising, stairs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμφάνιση (apparition, development, emergence, look, semblance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | dukje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מופע (amplitude, argument, phase), מראית עין (semblance), מראית (sight), מרא" "חצו י (faחade, mien, semblance), תופע" (effect, manifestation, occurrence, phenomenon), תואר (adjective, aspect, degree, designation, epithet, figure, shape, title), פ ים (countenance, expression, face, front, outside, physiognomy, surface, visage), עין (aperture, eye, hole, look, sight), חזות (aspect, outlook, vision), "ופע" (advent, arrival, bearing, coming, emergence, phenomenon, presence, showing), "כרת פ ים, "ראות (ostensibility), צור" (countenance, face, fashion, form, guise, image, mode, mould, pattern, shape, type, visage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | látszat (facade, gloss, guise, likelihood, likeness, make-believe, mockery, outside, presentment, pretence, pretense, semblance, shell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penampakan (vision), pemunculan (emergence), kemunculan, kelihatan (appear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | chosúlacht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aspetto (air, aspect, complexion, countenance, face, feature, look, mien, outside, outward, person, respect, side, sight, view), apparenza (aspect, color, colour, façade, guise, look, outside, semblance, show, sight, view), aria (air, airing, aria, aspect, climate, countenance, expression, look, sight, tune, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 趣 (aspect, charm, effect, gist, grace, influence, meaning, refinement, taste, tenor), 掲載 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | みため, かそう (construction of a house, converted, cremation, disguise, fancy dress, imagination, lower strata, masquerade, phenomenon, potential, supposition, temporary burial), かっ"う (bishop, cuckoo, descent, each clause, each item, form, manner, moderateness, posture, shape, suitability), か"ば" (attraction, billboard, closing time, doorplate, dry plate, figurehead, policy, poster, sign, signboard), か" (admiration, advise, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), "つがら (build, physique), ようたい (condition, form, situation), ようす (aspect, state), ようし (adopted child, blank form, essentials, figure, fundamentals, gist, paper manufactured in the Western manner, premature death, proton, son-in-law, summary), よう (business, calamity, early death, employ, hire, in order to, kind, like, manner, so as to, so that, sort, such as, task, to become intoxicated, to get drunk, use, way, yang), てい (4th in rank, air, brotherly affection, condition, faithful service to those older, form, fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, shave, spy, state, stopping, younger brother), けいさい (my wife), つき (a lunge, a pass, a stab, a thrust, attached to, furnished with, impression, month, moon, sociality, to, under), みなり (dress, getup, outfit, personal appearance), みばえ (attraction, charm, display, show, vanity), みば, みめかたち (features, looks), みめ (looks), みてくれ, みえ (attraction, charm, display, pose, posture, show, vanity), はつろ (expression, manifestation), ていさい (decency, form, format, get-up, show, style), '"しゅつ (emergence), さま (kind, manner, Mr or Mrs), たいぼう (ambition, aspiration, austerity, expectant waiting, voluntary privation), すがた (figure, shape), おし し (presence, run walked in), おもむき (aspect, charm, effect, gist, grace, influence, meaning, refinement, taste, tenor), がいか" (customs house, exterior, external pressure, facade, foreign threat, general view, outline), ざま (plight, state), そう"う (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority, composite, coordination, features, integration, priest's religious name, putting together, synthesis), しゅつ'" (arrival, make one's appearance), しゅつじょう (participation, performance), せけ"てい (decency), ひょうめ" (face, ice surface, outside, surface), につき (apiece, because of, impression, per, regarding, sociability), ふぜい (air, elegance, entertainment, hospitality, taste, taxation, urban prefectural tax), ふうたい (dress, look, packing, tassel), ふうぼう (looks, windbreak), ふうさい (air, getup, mien), ふうかく (personality, style), ふうてい (dress, look), ふうし (Confucius, demeanor, innuendo, irony, lampoon, sarcasm, satire, term of address for a teacher, wind god), ふり (disadvantage, drawback, handicap, inseparability, irrational, pretence, rainfall, show, snowfall, unfavorable, unreasonable), づき (attached to, furnished with, impression, sociality, to, under), たたずまい (bearing, figure, shape), しゅっとう (presence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 외관. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ymmyrkey (attitude, bear, behave, behaviour, birth, carry, carrying, comportment, conduction, convey, conveyance, endure, gestation, give birth, haulage, supply; conductance, support, sustain, tide, transport, yield), tuarystal (likeness, model, picture, portrayal, resemblance, shape, similitude, simulacrum), shassoo stiagh (deputize), cummey (adaptation, atmosphere, composition, design, devise, fabricate, feature, format, indite, invention, itinerary, mould, outline, plan, prospectus, shape, version), croo (build, coinage, coining, create, creation, father, form, format, invent, phase of moon, shape), cheet rish (appear, come out, crop up, emerge), cheet magh (budding, come out, emerge, issuing), caslys (design, drawing, elevation, illustration, imitation, painting, picture, shape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | aspekto (aspect, look, sight, view), aparishon, aparensia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | appearanceay aspecto (air, aspect, blush, cast, complexion, feature, fettle, garb, guise, light, look, make, mien, outlook, presence, riskiness, sight, stalking horse, view, visage), apresentação (cover page, exhibit, exhibition, gigantic, introduction, lodgement, lodgment, presentation, presentment, production, putting, submission), aparência (air, aspect, complexion, expression, exterior, external, garb, guise, likewise, look, make, perspective, semblance, shell, shew, show, sight, stalking horse, surface, veneer, view). (various references) aer (air, aroma, aspect, atmosphere, breath, carriage, resemblance), aparenţã (name, pageant, show, surface), apariţie (advent, apparition, arrival, birth, emergence, entry, ghost, issue, occurrence, peep, phantom, shape, sight, spectre, vision), aspect (aspect, cast, character, complexion, conformation, facet, figure, form, guise, look, person, phase, physiognomy, shape, similitude), aspect exterior (external, face, habit), exterior (exterior, external, out, outdoor, outer, outside, outward, oversea), înfãţişare (air, aspect, behavior, behaviour, cast, countenance, dash, description, face, figuration, figure, form, get, guise, hearing, lay, likeness, look, manner, mien, patina, physiognomy, presentation, representation, semblance, shape, similitude), chip (air, aspect, countenance, course, effigy, face, form, icon, image, likeness, look, manner, patina, shape, similitude, Snoot, sort, spit, way, wise), probabilitate (expectation, likelihood, presumption, probability, verisimilitude), faţã (aspect, complexion, countenance, face, forefront, foreground, front, head, index, look, mug, Phiz, Snoot, surface, visage), fizic (bodily, body, concrete, corporeal, figure, outer, personal, physical, physique), formã (block, cast, condition, configuration, conformation, conventionality, cut, external, fashion, fig, figuration, figure, form, format, guise, likeness, make, Mold, mould, pattypan, semblance, shape, size, structure), ivire (emergence, entry, occurrence), mijire, obraz (aspect, cheek, countenance, crust, face, index, skin), cãutãturã (gaze, glance, glare, look, peep, regard, stare, view). (various references) явка (presence), выступление (speech), внешний вид (face, faзade, form, get up, superficies, the outer man), видимость (seemingness, seemings, semblance, simulacrum, visibility, visibly), вид (air, aspect, complexion, description, figuration, form, genue, genus, guise, hang, kind, look, look out, make, mien, mode, outlook, prospect, shape, show, sight, sort, species, spp., variety, view, visage, vision, vista), появление (apparition, emergence, emersion). (various references) coltas (aspect, likelihood, likeness, look, sight, view). (various references) pojava (advent, epiphany, phenomenon), nastupanje (attack, ingoing, performance), nastup (advent, attack, bout, burst, conniption, fit, flash, onset, seizure), izgled (complexion, fashion, guise, leer, look, looks, perspective, prospect, show, visage). (various references) aspecto (angle, aspect, caliber, calibre, countenance, exterior, forehead, guise, likeness, look, outward appearance, point, regard, semblance, shape, side, sight, turn, view), vista (aspect, caller, examination, exterior, eyesight, fondness, hearing, look, perspective, seeing, show, sight, take, takeoff, view, vision, visitor, vista), apariencia (illusion, likelihood, likeliness, look, outside, pretence, pretense, probability, seeming, semblance, shell, show, varnish, veneer), aparición (apparition, emergence, ghost, occurrence, shape, wraith). (various references) utseende (aspect, cast, color, colour, complexion, constitution, format, guise, look, looks, make, mien, physiognomy, selecting, semblance), framträdande (appearing, emergence, emersion, exposure, looms, outstanding, prominent, recital, salient, to the fore), apparition, anblick (aspect, look, scene, show, sight, view). (various references) การปรากฏตัว, รูปร่างหน้าตา, าพลักษ"์. (various references) ortaya çıkma (arrival, dawn, emanation), kılık kıyafet (fashion, rig, the outer man), kılık (apparel, attire, dress, garb, guise, Jersey), görünme (apparition, manifestation, peep), görünüm (aspect, complexion, outlook, perspective, prospect, sight, view, vista), görünüş (aspect, epiphany, face, facet, look, mien, outlook, semblance, sight, spectacle), dış görünüş (color, colour, disguise, externals, façade, fashion, get up, guise, rind, semblance, shape, shell, superficies, surface, the outer man, varnish), belirme. (various references) syrat (figure), sypat (adjective), mysala (exterior), kysym (look), keюp (face, look), gцrnью (form, look). (various references) явка в суд, явище (apparition, occurrence), феномен (phenomenon), виступ в суді, виступ (address, corbel, gibbosity, jut, ledge, nib, offset, overhang, projection, promontory, protrusion, salience, salient, shoulder, snag, spine, teat, ward), вихід з друку, видимість (apparition, ostensibility, seeing, seeming, semblance, visibility, visual range), ймовірність (chance), очевидність (apparency, blatancy, evidence, openness, patency), з'явлення, зовнішній вигляд (mien, outward, superficies), зовнішность, привид (apparition, boggard, bogy, caddy, eidolon, ghost, haunter, poltergeist, presence, spectre, spook, waff, wraith), примара (apparition, boggard, bogie, caddy, eidolon, ghost, illusion, phantom, poltergeist), поява (apparition, emergence, emersion, nascence, nascency, uprise). (various references) thể diện ma quỷ, tướng mạo (description), sự xuất hiện, phong thái bề ngo i, dáng điệu (action, air, posture). (various references) ymddan.gosiad, rhith (form, guise, image), gwelediad (sight), gwedd (aspect, form, team, yoke), eiliw (glimmer, hue, image). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | mu. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | eidolon, phantasia, phasis. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adventu, adventui, adventum, adventus, aspectus, exortus, facie, faciebus, faciei, faciem, facies, faciesque, forma, formae, formam, formellas, habitus, imagine, imaginem, imagines, imagini, imaginis, imago, specie, speciebus, speciei, speciem, species, specimen, spectrum, visa, visi, visitatio, visitatione, visitationes, visitationis, viso, visu, visum, visus, vulticulus, vultus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | onsyn. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | semblance, semblant. (various references) |
| Middle High German | 1100-1500 | gestalt. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Apo pantoV eidouV ponhrou apecesqe |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ab omni specie mala abstinete vos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Onscuniað eal yfel. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Absteyne you fro al yuel spice. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Abstayne from all suspicious thinges. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Abstain from all appearance of evil. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Abstain from all appearance of evil. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Keep from every form of evil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 22 |
| Cebuano | likayi ninyo ang tanang dagway sa kadautan. |
| Chinese | 各 樣 的 惡 事 要 禁 ' 不 作 。 |
| Croatian | svake se sjene zla klonite! |
| Danish | Holder eder fra det onde under alle Skikkelser! |
| Dutch | Onthoudt u van allen schijn des kwaads. |
| Finnish | karttakaa kaikenkaltaista pahaa. |
| French | abstenez-vous de toute espèce de mal. |
| German | Meidet allen bösen Schein. |
| Haitian Creole | Egzante tou sa ki mal. |
| Hungarian | Mindentõl, a mi gonosznak látszik, õrizkedjetek! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jauhilah segala macam kejahatan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jauhkanlah dirimu daripada segala jenis kejahatan. |