first appearance

Noun

Meaning

the act of beginning something new

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

genesis introduction entry arrival debut launching opener preview unveiling

Antonyms

discontinuance flight retirement expiration egress leave-taking
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Hypernyms

beginning start commencement

Hyponyms

naturalization induction naturalisation product introduction ushering in

Examples

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen. Aldous Huxley

First appearance deceives many. Ovid

My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81. Garry Shandling

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. Phaedrus

Dissimulation in youth is the forerunner of perfidy in old age; its first appearance is the fatal omen of growing depravity and future shame. Hugh Blair

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

first and the last first angle projection first annual first appointment first article first assembly of film