Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put in an appearance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: put in an ap-pear-ance
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To attend an event briefly but not stay.

Example Sentences

"“Ah!” she said, as though surprised. “I’m very glad you’re at home. You never put in an appearance anywhere, and I haven’t seen you ever since Anna has been ill. […]”"

Inflected Forms

puts in an appearance (present, singular) putting in an appearance (participle, present)

Synonyms

make an appearance

Questions

What does put in an appearance mean?: To attend an event briefly but not stay.

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