noun
(countable) The outward appearance or form of a person or thing.
(countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that is seen; an apparition, a vision.
(countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that looks similar to another person or thing; a likeness.
(countable, always in the negative) Followed by of: a bare or mere appearance of something.
(countable) A person's non-verbal behaviour or demeanour which shows their feelings, thoughts, etc., or which is faked to hide such true feelings, thoughts, etc.
(countable, dated) In the form make semblance: an act of appearing; an appearance, a manifestation; also, a false appearance, a pretence.
(uncountable, archaic) The quality or state of being similar; likeness, resemblance, similarity.
(uncountable, obsolete) The chance of something happening; likelihood, probability.