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outward ['aʊtwəd]∎ to (all) outward appearances, she's very successful selon toute apparence, elle réussit très bien;∎ an outward show of wealth un étalage de richesses;∎ she showed no outward signs of fear elle ne montrait aucun signe de peur(b) (in direction) vers l'extérieur;∎ the outward journey le voyage aller, l'aller m2 adverbvers l'extérieur;∎ outward bound (ship, train) en partance►► Commerce outward bill of lading connaissement m de sortie;outward bound course école f d'endurcissement (en plein air);outward cargo cargaison f d'aller;Economics outward investment investissement m à l'étranger;outward mail courrier m (en partance) pour l'étranger -
2 outward
A adj1 ( external) [appearance, sign] extérieur ; [calm] apparent ; to all outward appearances en apparence ; -
3 appearance
appearance [ə'pɪərəns](a) (act of appearing) apparition f;∎ with the appearance of fast-food restaurants avec l'apparition ou l'arrivée des fast-foods;∎ the antibiotics help guard against the appearance of further infections les antibiotiques contribuent à éviter l'apparition de nouvelles infections;∎ she made a brief appearance at the party elle a fait une brève apparition à la fête;∎ the president made a personal appearance le président est apparu en personne;∎ to put in an appearance passer; (as token gesture) faire acte de présence(b) (advent) avènement m; Commerce (of new product) mise f sur le marché; (of book, newspaper) parution f∎ to make an appearance before a court or a judge comparaître devant un tribunal∎ this was her first appearance on the stage c'était sa première apparition sur scène;∎ she's made a number of television appearances elle est passée plusieurs fois à la télévision;∎ offers have flooded in since her television appearance les propositions ont afflué depuis son passage à la télévision;∎ in order of appearance par ordre d'entrée en scène(e) (outward aspect) apparence f, aspect m;∎ from his appearance one would say… à son air ou son extérieur on dirait…;∎ to have a good appearance (person) présenter bien;∎ I tried to give the appearance that I cared j'ai essayé de donner l'impression que ça ne m'était pas indifférent;∎ it has all the appearances of being a first-class show si l'on en juge par les apparences, ce devrait être un spectacle de premier ordre;∎ to or by all appearances selon toute apparence;∎ contrary to all appearances, against all appearances contrairement à toute apparence;∎ appearances can be deceptive les apparences sont parfois trompeuses;∎ don't judge by appearances ne vous fiez pas aux apparences, il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences;∎ to keep up appearances sauver les apparences;∎ for appearances' sake pour la forme
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