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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024man•i•fest /ˈmænəˌfɛst/USA pronunciation adj. - readily and easily seen;
evident; plain:a manifest error. v. [~ + object] - to make clear or evident:Hepatitis manifests itself with yellowed eyes and skin, and darkened urine.
n. [countable] - a list of the cargo or passengers carried by a vessel.
man•i•fest•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024man•i•fest (man′ə fest′),USA pronunciation adj. - readily perceived by the eye or the understanding;
evident; obvious; apparent; plain:a manifest error. - Psychologyof or pertaining to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material:the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.
v.t. - to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding;
show plainly:He manifested his approval with a hearty laugh. - to prove;
put beyond doubt or question:The evidence manifests the guilt of the defendant. - to record in a ship's manifest.
n. - a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- a list or invoice of goods transported by truck or train.
- a list of the cargo or passengers carried on an airplane.
- Latin manifestāre, derivative of manifestus. See manus, infest
- Middle French manifester
- Latin manifestus, manufestus detected in the act, evident, visible; (verb, verbal) Middle English manifesten
- (adjective, adjectival) Middle English 1350–1400
man′i•fest′a•ble, adj. man′i•fest′er, n. man′i•fest′ly, adv. man′i•fest′ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clear, distinct, unmistakable, patent, open, palpable, visible, conspicuous.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reveal, disclose, evince, evidence, demonstrate, declare, express. See display.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obscure.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged conceal.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: manifest /ˈmænɪˌfɛst/ adj - easily noticed or perceived; obvious; plain
- of or relating to the ostensible elements of a dream: manifest content
Compare latent vb - (transitive) to show plainly; reveal or display
- (transitive) to prove beyond doubt
- (intransitive) (of a disembodied spirit) to appear in visible form
n - a customs document containing particulars of a ship, its cargo, and its destination
- a list of cargo, passengers, etc, on an aeroplane
- a list of railway trucks or their cargo
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin manifestus plain, literally: struck with the hand, from manū with the hand + -festus struckˈmaniˌfestable adj ˈmaniˌfestly adv |