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appearance
Noun
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The act of appearing.
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Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. It is a physical property of matter, meaning that a change in chemical composition does not necessarily cause a change in appearance.
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The event of coming into sight. When you first see something, the thing is said to have appeared. Inversely, when the thing goes out of sight, the thing is said to have disappeared, dis- being a Latin root meaning 'not'.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
sake
Noun 1
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If something is for mathx/math's sake or for the sake of mathx/math, it is to help mathx/math or make mathx/math happy.
You are the reason I did it. I did it for your sake.
I must pretend to be happy when I am not, for everyone's sake.
The parents are staying together for the children's sake.
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You use for God's/Christ's/Heaven's/Pete's/pity's/fuck's sake when you feel strongly about something.
"No, I will not." "For God's sake, why not?"
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If something is for mathx/math's sake or for the sake of mathx/math, it is for that purpose.
I carried my gun in the jungle for safety's sake.
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that he comes out and says, "I love you." Then what?
sake
Noun 2
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Sake is a kind of Japanese wine made from rice.