manifest
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from manus (“hand”) + *infestus, participle of *infendō (“strike”) (from the root of dēfendō, offendō, etc.), or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰers-. Doublet of manifesto.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/, /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: man‧i‧fest
Adjective
editmanifest (comparative more manifest, superlative most manifest)
- Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
- 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[1], archived from the original on 5 March 2018:
- 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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 4:13:
- Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight […]
- Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
- (rare, used with "of") Detected; convicted.
- 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:
- Caliſtho there ſtood manifeſt of Shame, / And turn’d a Bear, the Northern Star became […]
Synonyms
edit- (evident to the senses, easy to understand): apparent, plain, clear, distinct, obvious, palpable, patent
- See also Thesaurus:obvious.
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Noun
editmanifest (plural manifests)
- A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
- (computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.
- (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book I, pages 206–7:
- 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.
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Verb
editmanifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifesting, simple past and past participle manifested)
- (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
- His courage manifested itself through the look on his face.
- 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:
- My Parts, my Title, and my perfect Soule / Shall manifeſt me rightly.
- 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian[2]:
- 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.
- (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
- His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.
- (transitive, initially occult, now slang) To will something to exist.
- 1982, Shakti Gawain, The Creative Visualization Workbook[3]:
- 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 […]
- 2014, Adrian Calabrese, How to Get Everything You Ever Wanted: Complete Guide to Using Your Psychic Common Sense[4]:
- Undaunted by poverty, I decided to manifest a new car.
- 2021, Kyle Buchanan, “Dominique Fishback Gave Her Heart to ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’”, in The New York Times[5]:
- To Fishback, the project is a perfect fit. “I’ve been manifesting a romance role for a really long time,” she said,
- (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
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editFurther reading
edit- “manifest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “manifest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “manifest”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Manifest in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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editAdjective
editmanifest (feminine manifesta, masculine plural manifests or manifestos, feminine plural manifestes)
Noun
editmanifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)
Crimean Tatar
editEtymology
editFrom Latin manifestare (“make public, declare”).
Noun
editmanifest
Declension
editnominative | manifest |
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genitive | manifestniñ |
dative | manifestke |
accusative | manifestni |
locative | manifestte |
ablative | manifestten |
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editCzech
editNoun
editmanifest m inan
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | manifest | manifesty |
genitive | manifestu | manifestů |
dative | manifestu | manifestům |
accusative | manifest | manifesty |
vocative | manifeste | manifesty |
locative | manifestě, manifestu | manifestech |
instrumental | manifestem | manifesty |
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editDanish
editNoun
editmanifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)
Declension
editneuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | manifest | manifestet | manifester | manifesterne |
genitive | manifests | manifestets | manifesters | manifesternes |
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editDutch
editPronunciation
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Noun
editmanifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)
Adjective
editmanifest (not comparable)
Inflection
editDeclension of manifest | ||||
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uninflected | manifest | |||
inflected | manifeste | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | manifest | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | manifeste | ||
n. sing. | manifest | |||
plural | manifeste | |||
definite | manifeste | |||
partitive | manifests |
German
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmanifest (strong nominative masculine singular manifester, comparative manifester, superlative am manifestesten)
Declension
editFurther reading
editMaltese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian manifesto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmanifest m (plural manifesti)
- manifesto (public declaration)
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editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Latin manifestus.
Noun
editmanifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest or manifester, definite plural manifesta or manifestene)
References
edit- “manifest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Latin manifestus.
Noun
editmanifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest, definite plural manifesta)
References
edit- “manifest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French manifeste, from Middle French manifeste, from Latin manifēstus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from manus (“hand”) + *infestus, participle of *infendere "strike".
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmanifest m inan
- manifesto (public declaration)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | manifest | manifesty |
genitive | manifestu | manifestów |
dative | manifestowi | manifestom |
accusative | manifest | manifesty |
instrumental | manifestem | manifestami |
locative | manifeście | manifestach |
vocative | manifeście | manifesty |
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French manifeste.
Noun
editmanifest n (plural manifești)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) manifest | manifestul | (niște) manifești | manifeștile |
genitive/dative | (unui) manifest | manifestului | (unor) manifești | manifeștilor |
vocative | manifestule | manifeștilor |
Scots
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editmanifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifestin, simple past manifestit, past participle manifestit)
- to manifest
Swedish
editAdjective
editmanifest (not comparable)
Declension
editInflection of manifest | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | manifest | — | — |
Neuter singular | manifestt | — | — |
Plural | manifesta | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | manifeste | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | manifeste | — | — |
All | manifesta | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Noun
editmanifest n
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editDeclension of manifest | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | manifest | manifestet | manifest | manifesten |
Genitive | manifests | manifestets | manifests | manifestens |
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