Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maintain appearances

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: main-tain ap-pear-ances
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of keep up appearances.

Example Sentences

"Under the guise of being “online” and capable of disseminating news instantaneously (known colloquially as “retweeting”), being active on Twitter, for media workers, gives the effect of fulfilling one’s occupational duty as well as all the parts of professional upkeep that, in the physical world, involve being in the right rooms, overhearing the right things, and more or less maintaining appearances."

Inflected Forms

maintains appearances (present, singular) maintaining appearances (participle, present) maintained appearances (participle, past) maintained appearances (past)

Synonyms

keep up appearances

Questions

What does maintain appearances mean?: Synonym of keep up appearances.

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