appearances
Sayuh-PEER-uhns-iz/əˈpiɹ.əns.ɪz/UK/əˈpɪə.ɹəns.ɪz/
- 1Plural of appearance.
The band scheduled three appearances across the festival weekend.
Sudden appearances of frost damaged the early crops.
Note
Two kinds of plural share this spelling. One simply counts events, such as three public showings or several sightings of frost. The other names outward show as opposed to what lies beneath, as in keeping up appearances. There the plural means how things look to others, not a number of separate looks. Either way it takes a plural verb: appearances are deceptive.
appearances is a form of appearance
appearance, noun: The way something looks; the overall impression made by a person's presence. Full entry
- Forms
- appearanceappearances plural
- Spelling
- appearance → appearances: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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