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7 PHRASE If you keep up appearances , you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it. □  His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.

8 PHRASE If you put in an appearance at an event, you go to it for a short time although you may not really want to, but do not stay. SYNONYMS appearance NOUN

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looks:I never chose people just because of their looks.

aspect:The snowy street, like the church, assumed a dumb, lifeless aspect.

look:When he came to decorate the kitchen, Kenneth opted for a friendly rustic look.

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arrival:The coronation broadcast marked the arrival of television.

advent:The advent of war led to a greater austerity.

emergence:…the emergence of new democracies in East and Central Europe.

onset:With the onset of war, oil prices climbed past $30 a barrel.

ap|pea r|ance mon|ey N‑UNCOUNT Appearance money is money paid to a famous person such as a sports star or film star for taking part in a public event.

ap|pease /əpiː z/ (appeases , appeasing , appeased ) VERB If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n] Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.

ap|pease|ment /əpiː zmənt/ N‑UNCOUNT Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you. [FORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ]

ap|pel|lant /əpe lənt/ (appellants ) N‑COUNT An appellant is someone who is appealing against a court's decision after they have been judged guilty of a crime. [LEGAL ] □  The Court of Appeal upheld the appellants' convictions.

ap|pel|late court /əpe l I t kɔː ^r t/ (appellate courts ) N‑COUNT In the United States, an appellate court is a special court where people who have been convicted of a crime can appeal against their conviction. [AM ] in BRIT, use Court of Appeal

ap|pel|la|tion /æ pəle I ʃ ^ə n/ (appellations ) N‑COUNT An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given. [FORMAL ] □  He earned the appellation 'rebel priest.'

ap|pend /əpe nd/ (appends , appending , appended ) VERB When you append something to something else, especially a piece of writing, you attach it or add it to the end of it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Violet appended a note at the end of the letter. □ [be V -ed + to ] It was a relief that his real name hadn't been appended to the manuscript.

ap|pend|age /əpe nd I dʒ/ (appendages ) N‑COUNT An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to/of ] The Great British Music Weekend was designed as an appendage to that year's Brit Awards.

ap|pen|di|ces /əpe nd I siːz/ Appendices is a plural form of appendix . [mainly BRIT ]

ap|pen|di|ci|tis /əpe nd I sa I t I s/ N‑UNCOUNT Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.

ap|pen|dix /əpe nd I ks/ (appendixes ) In British English, the plural form appendices /əpe nd I siːz/ is usually used for meaning 2 . 1 N‑COUNT Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body which is attached to your digestive system. □  …a burst appendix.

2 N‑COUNT An appendix to a book is extra information that is placed after the end of the main text.

ap|pe|tite /æ p I ta I t/ (appetites )

1 N‑VAR Your appetite is your desire to eat. □  He has a healthy appetite. □  Symptoms are a slight fever, headache and loss of appetite.