See also: Manifest

English edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Adjective edit

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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manifest (plural manifests)

  1. A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
  2. (computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.
  3. (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

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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.
    • 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.
  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[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,
  4. (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

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

  1. manifest, obvious

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manifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)

  1. manifesto

Crimean Tatar edit

Etymology edit

From Latin manifestare (make public, declare).

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manifest

  1. manifesto

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References edit

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[6], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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manifest m inan

  1. manifesto

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  • manifest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • manifest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • manifest in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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manifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)

  1. manifesto

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manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)

  1. manifest

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manifest (not comparable)

  1. manifest; obvious, undeniable

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Inflection of manifest
uninflected manifest
inflected manifeste
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial manifest
indefinite m./f. sing. manifeste
n. sing. manifest
plural manifeste
definite manifeste
partitive manifests

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

  1. manifest

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Further reading edit

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

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian manifesto.

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manifest m (plural manifesti)

  1. manifesto (public declaration)

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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From Latin manifestus.

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

  1. a manifesto

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Latin manifestus.

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

  1. a manifesto

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

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manifest m inan

  1. manifesto (public declaration)

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Further reading edit

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

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French manifeste.

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manifest n (plural manifești)

  1. manifest

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Scots edit

Etymology edit

From English manifest.

Verb edit

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

  1. to manifest

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manifest (not comparable)

  1. manifest

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Inflection of manifest
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

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manifest n

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

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Declension of manifest 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative manifest manifestet manifest manifesten
Genitive manifests manifestets manifests manifestens

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