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manifest en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ (UK, US)
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• /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifesto.

Meanings

1. Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
   • It re-envisioned Freddy Krueger in the “real world,” where the nightmare-dwelling being is made manifest in our reality, one where Freddy actor Robert Englund and original Nightmare On Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp play themselves, as does [Wes] Craven himself. 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
   • Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 4:13:
2. Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
3. (rare, with-of) Detect; convicted.
   • Caliſtho there ſtood manifeſt of Shame, / And turn’d a Bear, the Northern Star became[…] 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book II, page 47:

Forms

Deriveds

unmanifest · manifestly · immanifest · premanifest · manifestness · nonmanifest · manifest destiny

Synonyms

patent (evident to the senses, easy to understand) · obvious (evident to the senses, easy to understand) · clear (evident to the senses, easy to understand) · distinct (evident to the senses, easy to understand) · plain (evident to the senses, easy to understand) · apparent (evident to the senses, easy to understand) · palpable (evident to the senses, easy to understand)

Translations (57)

pt evidente (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · mi ariari (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · la manifestus (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · es manifiesto (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · bg я́вен (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · te వ్యక్తము (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ota ظاهر (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · hu szembeszökő (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ota بللی (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · fr manifeste (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ota آچق (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · da tydelig (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · ca manifest (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ota ظاهر (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · pt óbvio (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · ota دركار (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ota بللی (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · te విదితము (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · da håndgribelig (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ota منجلی (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · da konkret (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · fi ilmeinen (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · la manifestus (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · ota دركار (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · grc φανερός (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ar ظَاهِر (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · da forståelig (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · te గోచరము (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ota آچق (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · nb åpenbar (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · sv manifest (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · it manifesto (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · sv uppenbar (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ko 명백하다 (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · nb manifest (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · fi ilmeinen (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · ca manifest (detected; convicted) · ota منجلی (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · ja 明らかな (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ru поня́тный (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · da åbenbar (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ru очеви́дный (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · sv uppenbar (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · da manifest (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · bg очеви́ден (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · ru я́вный (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · sv tydlig (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · es manifiesto (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · sv tydlig (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · pt manifesto (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · pt manifesto (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · tr belli (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · fi ilmentymä (detected; convicted) · ja 明白な (obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible) · de manifest (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent) · fi ilmiselvä (evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent)

manifest en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ (UK, US)
• (Australia) audio
• (US) audio
• /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifesto.

Meanings

1. A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
   • Near-synonyms: bill of lading, waybill
   • ship's manifest
2. A file containing metadata describing other files.
3. (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.
   • But you, authentick Witneſſes I bring, / Before the gods, and your ungrateful King, / Of this my Manifeſt : That never more / This Hand ſhall combate on the crooked Shore : / No, let the Grecian Powers oppreſs’d in Fight, / Unpity’d periſh in their Tyrants fight. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, pages 206–7:

Forms

Coordinates

schedule · bill of goods · bill of sale

Deriveds

flight interruption manifest · manifest file · manifesto · manifest typing

Synonyms

waybill · bill of lading

Translations (76)

nl vrachtlijst (list of passengers or goods) · fi luettelo (list of passengers or goods) · hi घोषणापत्र (obsolete: public declaration) · et manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · fr proclamation (obsolete: public declaration) · bg манифе́ст (list of passengers or goods) · hu utaslista (list of passengers or goods) · bg манифе́ст (obsolete: public declaration) · mk ма́нифест (obsolete: public declaration) · hu konszignáció (list of passengers or goods) · be дэклара́цыя (obsolete: public declaration) · fr profession de foi (obsolete: public declaration) · de Manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · lv manifests (obsolete: public declaration) · sh manìfest (obsolete: public declaration) · tg манифест (obsolete: public declaration) · tr gümrük bildirimi (list of passengers or goods) · ja 積荷目録 (list of passengers or goods) · ky манифест (obsolete: public declaration) · sh манѝфест (obsolete: public declaration) · fr manifeste (list of passengers or goods) · fr bordereau (list of passengers or goods) · be маніфе́ст (obsolete: public declaration) · mn тунхаг (obsolete: public declaration) · hu rakományjegyzék (list of passengers or goods) · lt manifestas (obsolete: public declaration) · nb manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · uk деклара́ція (obsolete: public declaration) · hu ládalista (list of passengers or goods) · de Ladungsliste (list of passengers or goods) · fr déclaration (obsolete: public declaration) · es manifiesto (list of passengers or goods) · cmn 宣言 (obsolete: public declaration) · sv manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · hu csomagjegyzék (list of passengers or goods) · tr manifesto (obsolete: public declaration) · be маніфэ́ст (obsolete: public declaration) · cs manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · da manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · nl manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · pl manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · fi rahtiluettelo (list of passengers or goods) · el μανιφέστο (obsolete: public declaration) · it manifesto (obsolete: public declaration) · hu kiáltvány (obsolete: public declaration) · hy մանիֆեստ (obsolete: public declaration) · ko 선언 (obsolete: public declaration) · ar بَيَان (obsolete: public declaration) · ca manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · pt manifesto (obsolete: public declaration) · cmn 聲明 /声明 (obsolete: public declaration) · ru манифе́ст (obsolete: public declaration) · ru деклара́ция (obsolete: public declaration) · fa مانیفست (obsolete: public declaration) · kk манифест (obsolete: public declaration) · fr manifeste (obsolete: public declaration) · nl manifest (list of passengers or goods) · vi tuyên ngôn (obsolete: public declaration) · fi matkustajaluettelo (list of passengers or goods) · fr mise au point (obsolete: public declaration) · uz manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · sq manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · hu tételjegyzék (list of passengers or goods) · pt manifesto (list of passengers or goods) · id manifes (list of passengers or goods) · nl vrachtbrief (list of passengers or goods) · sk manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · sl manifest (obsolete: public declaration) · es sobordo (list of passengers or goods) · pdt Lodzadel (list of passengers or goods) · uk маніфе́ст (obsolete: public declaration) · ja 宣言 (obsolete: public declaration) · fi manifesti (obsolete: public declaration) · eo manifesto (obsolete: public declaration) · ka მანიფესტი (obsolete: public declaration) · ro manifest (obsolete: public declaration)

manifest en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ (UK, US)
• (Australia) audio
• (US) audio
• /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifesto.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
   • Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online. 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:
   • Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.” 2019 September 24, Jessie Yeung, quoting Pope Francis, “Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2019:
   • His courage manifested itself through the look on his face.
   • And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong. 1988, Dennis Marcellino, Sweeping it under the drug, page 123:
   • Molar enamel thickness is a morphological trait that differentiates African apes from hominins, being manifested most dramatically in the megadont hominins (Paranthropus spp.) with hyperthick enamel. 2012, Justin D. Yeakel et al., “Stable isotopes, functional morphology, and human evolution: a model of consilience”, in arXiv:
   • My Parts, my Title, and my perfect Soule / Shall manifeſt me rightly. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 312, column 1:
2. (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
   • His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.
3. (informal, transitive) To will something to exist.
   • Undaunted by poverty, I decided to manifest a new car. 2014, Adrian Calabrese, How to Get Everything You Ever Wanted: Complete Guide to Using Your Psychic Common Sense:
   • To Fishback, the project is a perfect fit. “I’ve been manifesting a romance role for a really long time,” she said, 2021, Kyle Buchanan, “Dominique Fishback Gave Her Heart to ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’”, in The New York Times:
   • The process of creating your treasure map is a powerful step toward manifesting your goal. Now just spend a few minutes each day looking at it[…] 1982, Shakti Gawain, The Creative Visualization Workbook:
4. (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Forms

Deriveds

manifestable · manifestation · unmanifesting · nonmanifesting · manifestative

Relateds

infest

Translations (60)

pt manifestar ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · bg декларирам ((transitive) to exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse) · ja 表明する ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · es manifestar ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · sco manifest ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · cmn 表明 ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · cmn 表露 ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · ru проявля́ться ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · bg показвам ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · fr manifester ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · fi ilmoittaa ((transitive) to exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse) · cmn 顯示 /显示 ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · ko 나타나다 ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · bg проявявам ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · nl manifesteren ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · de manifestieren ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · rm manifestar ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · cs projevovat ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · pt dar ao manifesto ((transitive) to exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse) · uk прояви́ти ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · be праяві́ць ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · cs projevovat se ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · fi ilmetä ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · cs projevit ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · ru прояви́ть ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · uk проявля́ти ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · es manifestarse ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · ar تَظَاهَرَ ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · ro se manifesta ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · be праяўля́цца ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · fi tuoda ilmi ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · ru прояви́ться ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · it manifestare ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · da manifestere ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · uk виявля́ти ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · grc φανερόω ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · uk прояви́тися ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · cmn 表現 /表现 ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · be праяўля́ць ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · gl manifestar ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · uk ви́явити ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · fr se manifester ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · fi ilmaista ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · uk проявля́тися ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · fi selvittää ((transitive) to exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse) · uk ви́явитися ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · no manifestere ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · ru проявля́ть ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · vi biểu hiện ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · cs projevit se ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · mi whakatinana ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · sv manifestera ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · ca manifestar ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · lij fâ vedde ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · be праяві́цца ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · fi tuoda julki ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · eo manifesti ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly) · uk виявля́тися ((intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed) · mi whakaehu ((''transitive'') to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly)