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See also: Manifest

English

Etymology

From 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

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/, /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Hyphenation: man‧i‧fest

Adjective

manifest (comparative more manifest, superlative most manifest)

  1. Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
  2. Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
  3. (rare, used with "of") Detected; convicted.

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Noun

manifest (plural manifests)

  1. A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
    Coordinate terms: bill of goods, bill of sale, schedule
    Near-synonym: bill of lading
    ship's manifest
  2. (computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.
  3. (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

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Verb

manifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifesting, simple past and past participle manifested)

  1. (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.
    • 1988, Dennis Marcellino, Sweeping it under the drug, page 123:
      And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong.
    • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:
      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, Justin D. Yeakel et al., “Stable isotopes, functional morphology, and human evolution: a model of consilience”, in arXiv:
      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.
  2. (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
    His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.
  3. (transitive, initially occult, now slang) To will something to exist.
    • 1982, Shakti Gawain, The Creative Visualization Workbook:
      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:
      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:
      To Fishback, the project is a perfect fit. “I’ve been manifesting a romance role for a really long time,” she said,
  4. (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

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Pronunciation

Adjective

manifest (feminine manifesta, masculine plural manifests or manifestos, feminine plural manifestes)

  1. manifest, obvious

Noun

manifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)

  1. manifesto

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin manifestare (make public, declare).

Noun

manifest

  1. manifesto

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

manifest m inan

  1. manifesto

Declension

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Danish

Noun

manifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)

  1. manifesto

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French manifeste.

Pronunciation

Noun

manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)

  1. manifest

Adjective

manifest (not comparable)

  1. manifest; obvious, undeniable

Declension

More information Declension of, uninflected ...
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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

manifest (strong nominative masculine singular manifester, comparative manifester, superlative am manifestesten)

  1. manifest

Declension

Further reading

  • manifest” in Duden online
  • manifest” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian manifesto.

Pronunciation

Noun

manifest m (plural manifesti)

  1. manifesto (public declaration)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Latin manifestus.

Noun

manifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest or manifester, definite plural manifesta or manifestene)

  1. a manifesto

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin manifestus.

Noun

manifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest, definite plural manifesta)

  1. a manifesto

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French manifeste, from Middle French manifeste, from Latin manifēstus, manufestus (palpable, manifest), from manus (hand) + *infestus, participle of *infendere "strike".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɲi.fɛst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ifɛst
  • Syllabification: ma‧ni‧fest

Noun

manifest m inan

  1. manifesto (public declaration)

Declension

Further reading

  • manifest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • manifest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manifeste.

Noun

manifest n (plural manifești)

  1. manifest

Declension

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Scots

Etymology

From English manifest.

Verb

manifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifestin, simple past manifestit, past participle manifestit)

  1. to manifest

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Adjective

manifest (not comparable)

  1. manifest

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

manifest n

  1. a manifesto
    fila på ett manifest
    work on a manifesto

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

References

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