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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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arrivaclass="underline" 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.
2 N‑COUNT Someone's appetite for something is their strong desire for it. □ …Americans' growing appetite for scandal.
ap|pe|tiz|er /æ p I ta I zə r / (appetizers ) in BRIT, also use appetiser N‑COUNT An appetizer is the first course of a meal. It consists of a small amount of food.
ap|pe|tiz|ing /æ p I ta I z I ŋ/ in BRIT, also use appetising ADJ Appetizing food looks and smells good, so that you want to eat it. □ …the appetising smell of freshly baked bread.
ap|plaud /əplɔː d/ (applauds , applauding , applauded )
1 VERB When a group of people applaud , they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert. □ [V ] The audience laughed and applauded. □ [V n] Every person stood to applaud his unforgettable act of courage.
2 VERB When an attitude or action is applauded , people praise it. □ [be V -ed + for ] He should be applauded for his courage. □ [be V -ed] This last move can only be applauded. □ [V n] She applauds the fact that they are promoting new ideas.
ap|plause /əplɔː z/ N‑UNCOUNT Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval. □ They greeted him with thunderous applause. □ …a round of applause.
ap|ple ◆◇◇ /æ p ə l/ (apples )
1 N‑VAR An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh. □ I want an apple. □ …his ongoing search for the finest varieties of apple. □ …a large garden with apple trees in it.
2 → see also Adam's apple , Big Apple , crab apple
3 PHRASE If you say that someone is the apple of your eye , you mean that they are very important to you and you are extremely fond of them. □ Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.
apple|cart /æ p ə lkɑː r t/ PHRASE If you upset the applecart , you do something which causes a plan, system, or arrangement to go wrong. □ They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.