outward appearance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoutwardandappearance
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outward
adjective
uk/ˈaʊt.wəd/us/ˈaʊt.wɚd/
relating to how people, situations, or things seem to be, rather than how they ...
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appearance
noun
uk/əˈpɪə.rəns/us/əˈpɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone appears ...
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(Definition ofoutwardandappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoutward appearance
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At this time the plants were healthy inoutwardappearance.
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They often describe theoutwardappearanceof a place.
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Can it be a means of transforming the actor's consciousness as well as his/heroutwardappearance?
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Thisoutwardappearancemakes these texts look like the writings that survived from the most ancient mathematical traditions.
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First it must be noted that these conclusions were drawn on the basis of theoutwardappearanceof the texts.
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It has perhaps anoutwardappearanceof prosperity.
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Design protection covers only theoutwardappearanceof products.
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Tooutwardappearancethe houses seemed all right.
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The tile cladding and glazing system are essentially technical, but their solution could have varied effects on theoutwardappearanceof the building.
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This was an argument that was used time and again in songbooks: what is inside does not match theoutwardappearance.
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In autumn 1942, new ministerial decrees and internal regulations undermined the construct of petitioners' 'racialoutwardappearance' as the sole or even main factor in permitting racial examinations.
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Up to now, this discussion has been confined to theoutwardappearanceof hairiness as shown by the extensive growth of the beard, moustache and head hair.
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Hisoutwardappearanceas a nondescript older man is at odds with an inner emotional turmoil that he imagines he shares with many other older people.
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Concealed by theoutwardappearanceof each individual, and variously revealed to different audiences, is an extensive repertoire of age-identities or ' ages ' of man and woman.
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My own view, for what it is worth, is that pride, conceived of as a moral vice, has an inner character almost the opposite of itsoutwardappearance.
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This matter goes deeper that theoutwardappearanceof the tribunal.
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It has theoutwardappearanceof being more democratic, but it is purely arbitrary.
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One preserves theoutwardappearanceof the old building and gets an extra 10 ft.
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He has to keep up a reasonableoutwardappearance, whatever his financial position.
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My last point concerns theoutwardappearanceof the cottages in some villages.
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There is a fundamental division between theoutwardappearanceand the reality.
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Heroutwardappearanceis just a shell.
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Hisoutwardappearanceis calm and gentle.
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Hisoutwardappearancehides sinister secrets.
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