manifest
Syllables: man·i·festUK/ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/
manifest adjective: evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
Adjective
manifest (comparative more manifest, superlative most manifest)
- 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
- Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
- 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
Noun
manifest (plural manifests)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- bill of lading, waybill
- A file containing metadata describing other files.
- 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
Verb
manifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifesting, simple past and past participle manifested)
- 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.
- 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...
- To become manifest; to be revealed.
- His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.
- To will something to exist.
- 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
- 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 exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
manifest meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
manifest in Hindi
- obsolete: public declaration
- घोषणापत्र ghoṣṇāpatra
manifest in Tamil
- வெளிப்படு, காண்பி
manifest in Urdu
- manifest, conspicuous
- باہر bāhir
- manifest, evident, clear
- روشن rauśan
manifest in Bengali
- স্পষ্ট, সুব্যক্ত, জাহাজের মালামালের তালিকা
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- manifest in Telugu
- వ్యక్తము vyaktamu, విదితము viditamu, గోచరము gōcaramu
- manifest in Malayalam
- പ്രകടമായ, പരസ്യമായ, പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ, തെളിഞ്ഞ
- manifest in Kannada
- ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾಗು, ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗು, ಸ್ವರೂಪ ಪಡೆ, ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗು
- manifest in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ਾਹਰ zāhar
- manifest in Gujarati
- જાહેર jāher, આવવું āvvũ
- manifest in Odia
- ଦୃଶ୍ୟ druśya
- manifest in Sanskrit
- स्फुरति sphuráti
- manifest in Arabic
- ظَاهِر ẓāhir, بَيَان bayān, تَظَاهَرَ taẓāhara
- manifest in Indonesian
- manifes
- manifest in Persian
- مانیفست mânifest
- manifest in Vietnamese
- tuyên ngôn, biểu hiện
Examples of manifest in a sentence
- 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:
- 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.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:
- 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:
- 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...
Synonyms of manifest
Forms of manifest
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more manifest |
| superlative | most manifest |
| Noun | |
| plural | manifests |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | manifests |
| present participle | manifesting |
| past participle | manifested |
| past | manifested |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | manifestest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | manifestedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | manifesteth |
Origin of manifest
From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifesto.
Words formed from manifest
Phrases with manifest
Questions about manifest
- What does manifest mean?
- Manifest means evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
- What is manifest in Hindi?
- Manifest in Hindi is घोषणापत्र (ghoṣṇāpatra). See Manifest meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use manifest in a sentence?
- And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong.
- What part of speech is manifest?
- Manifest can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce manifest?
- Manifest is pronounced /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ (UK).
Words near manifest in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: manifest (page history and authors); manifest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); باہر (Urdu) (page history and authors); Manifest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manifest (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manifest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜ਼ਾਹਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); આવવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଦୃଶ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); स्फुरति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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