apparition en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/ (US)
- /ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/ (UK)
- /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.
Meanings
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An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
the sudden apparition of the Spaniards
1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world.
1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
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The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
[…] which apparition, it seems, was you.
1709 August 26 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Monday, August 16, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 55; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
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An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
The heavenly bands […] a glorious apparition.
1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:He spoke to the apparition, and although its lips did not move, he somehow heard its reply.
I think it is the weakness of mine eyes / That shapes this monstrous apparition.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:The region's economy is buoyed by tourism driven by past apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
The attic is said to be haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
The apparition wobbled in front of Arthur's eyes, though the truth of the matter is probably that Arthur's eyes were wobbling in front of the apparition.
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 24:
- The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
- A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| apparitions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
disapparition · rank of apparition · coapparition · apparitional · apparitionist · reapparition
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (103)
sh prȉkaza (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · es jugarreta (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · it apparizione (thing appearing) · mi pōmariko (thing appearing) · fi ilmestyminen (act of becoming visible) · bg виде́ние (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ru явле́ние (act of becoming visible) · nl spook (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ny mzukwa (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ja 幽霊 (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · tr hayalet (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · mi pōmārikoriko (thing appearing) · mi pōmārikoriko (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · sv spökbild (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ru при́зрак (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · grc φάντασμα (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · bg явле́ние (thing appearing) · fi ilmestyminen (astronomy: the first appearance of a luminary after having been invisible or obscured) · de Erscheinung (thing appearing) · de Erscheinen (act of becoming visible) · cmn 幽靈 /幽灵 (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · es aparición (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · mi mariko (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · la spectrum (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · fr apparition (act of becoming visible) · pt aparição (thing appearing) · tl bibit (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · it apparizione (astronomy: the first appearance of a luminary after having been invisible or obscured) · ru привиде́ние (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · sk prízrak (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ota تجلی (act of becoming visible) · uk прима́ра (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · mi pōmariko (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · sl prikazen (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · vi bóng ma (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · be з'я́вішча (thing appearing) · uk об'я́влення (thing appearing) · nl verschijning (thing appearing) · it apparizione (act of becoming visible) · grc φάσμα (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · de Erscheinung (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · mk привидение (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · da genfærd (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · sv andesyn (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · bg появя́ване (act of becoming visible) · pt aparição (astronomy: the first appearance of a luminary after having been invisible or obscured) · mi mariko (thing appearing) · pt aparecimento (act of becoming visible) · pl zjawa (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · pt aparição (act of becoming visible) · es aparición (act of becoming visible) · nl verschijning (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · bg при́зрак (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · be здань (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · es pora (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · pl pojawienie się (act of becoming visible) · ar شَبْح (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · gd taibhse (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ka მოჩვენება (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · cs zjevení (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · gd sgàile (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · sv framtoning (act of becoming visible) · pt aparição (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · fi ilmestys (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · be з'я́ва (thing appearing) · mk призрак (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · fi ilmaantuminen (act of becoming visible) · ar شَبَح (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · cs objevení se (act of becoming visible) · sv uppträdande (act of becoming visible) · ro apariție (act of becoming visible) · ko 유령 (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · uk поя́ва (act of becoming visible) · hy ուրվական (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · fi ilmestys (thing appearing) · gd tannasg (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ota خیالت (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · be пры́від (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · pl zjawisko (thing appearing) · de Erscheinung (astronomy: the first appearance of a luminary after having been invisible or obscured) · uk при́вид (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · fr apparition (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · uk з'я́влення (thing appearing) · de Erscheinung (act of becoming visible) · sk zjavenie (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · sv apparition (act of becoming visible) · nl verschijning (act of becoming visible) · ru явле́ние (thing appearing) · cmn 鬼魂 (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · it apparizione (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ru появле́ние (act of becoming visible) · el φάντασμα (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · cs přízrak (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · bg ви́димост (astronomy: the first appearance of a luminary after having been invisible or obscured) · be прыві́д (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ro ivire (act of becoming visible) · hu jelenés (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · eo apero (act of becoming visible) · bg привиде́ние (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · de Gespenst (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · sh при̏каза (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · ny mzímu (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance) · el φάσμα (unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance)