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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
Adjective
manifest (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, 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 […]
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Translations
evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent
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obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible
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Noun
manifest (plural manifests)
- 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
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
list of passengers or goods
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obsolete: public declaration
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Verb
manifest (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.
- 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.
- (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:
- 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 […]
- (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Derived terms
Translations
(transitive) to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly
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(intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed
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Further reading
- “manifest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “manifest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “manifest”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Manifest in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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Pronunciation
Adjective
manifest (feminine manifesta, masculine plural manifests or manifestos, feminine plural manifestes)
Noun
manifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Latin manifestare (“make public, declare”).
Noun
manifest
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
manifest m inan
Declension
Declension of manifest (hard masculine inanimate)
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Further reading
- “manifest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “manifest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “manifest”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995
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Danish
Noun
manifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)
Declension
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French manifeste.
Pronunciation
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Noun
manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)
Adjective
manifest (not comparable)
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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
manifest (strong nominative masculine singular manifester, comparative manifester, superlative am manifestesten)
Declension
Positive forms of manifest
Comparative forms of manifest
Superlative forms of manifest
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Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
manifest m (plural manifesti)
- manifesto (public declaration)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin manifestus.
Noun
manifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest or manifester, definite plural manifesta or manifestene)
References
- “manifest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin manifestus.
Noun
manifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest, definite plural manifesta)
References
- “manifest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French manifeste, from Middle French manifeste, from Latin manifēstus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from manus (“hand”) + *infestus, participle of *infendere "strike".
Pronunciation
Noun
manifest m inan
- manifesto (public declaration)
Declension
Declension of manifest
Further reading
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Romanian
Etymology
Noun
manifest n (plural manifești)
Declension
Scots
Etymology
Verb
manifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifestin, simple past manifestit, past participle manifestit)
- to manifest
Swedish
Adjective
manifest (not comparable)
Declension
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
Declension
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