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appearance
A	noun
	1	appearance
			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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚arrival ╚appearance ╚reappearance; return ╚emergence; emersion ╚apparition
	2	appearance, show
			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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚wrongdoing; wrongful conduct; misconduct; actus reus ╚falsification; misrepresentaation ╚deception; deceit; dissembling; dissimulation ╚pretense; pretence; pretending; simulation; feigning ╚appearance, show
	3	appearance, appearing, coming into court
			formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚attendance; attending ╚appearance, appearing, coming into court
	4	appearance, visual aspect
			outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚appearance, visual aspect ╚form; shape; cast ╚format ╚superficies ╚vanishing point ╚phase ╚perspective; linear perspective ╚impression; effect ╚complexion; skin condition ╚color; colour ╚view ╚look ╚agerasia
	5	appearance
			a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚representation; mental representation; internal representation ╚appearance ╚front ╚three-D; 3-D; 3D ╚illusion; semblance
	6	appearance
			the event of coming into sight
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚appearance ╚apparition ╚manifestation ╚materialization; materialisation; manifestation ╚reappearance

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