[
  {
    "word": "appearance",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8p\u026a\u0259\u0279\u0259ns/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8p\u026a\u0259\u0279\u0259ns/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8p\u026a\u0279\u0259ns/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/appearance-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1229302",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His sudden appearance surprised me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There was a strange appearance in the sky."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The way something looks; personal presence",
            "synonyms": [
              "aspect",
              "mien"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance."
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "apparition",
          "phenomenon",
          "presence",
          "spectacle",
          "debut",
          "arrival",
          "manifestation",
          "air",
          "aspect",
          "figure",
          "look",
          "manner",
          "mien",
          "facade",
          "fa\u00e7ade",
          "pretense",
          "semblance",
          "show",
          "aspect",
          "mien"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "non-appearance",
          "nonappearance"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appearance"
    ]
  }
]