manifest

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.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/, /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/

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• Hyphenation: man‧i‧fest

manifest (comparative more manifest, superlative most manifest)

1. 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^[1], 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 […]

2. Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
3. (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 […]

• (evident to the senses, easy to understand): apparent, plain, clear, distinct, obvious, palpable, patent
• See also Thesaurus:obvious.

• manifest content
• manifest destiny

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.
   • 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.

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.

• manifestation
• manifestly
• manifesto

• “manifest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “manifest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “manifest”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Manifest in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.niˈfest]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.niˈfest]

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

1. manifest, obvious

manifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)

1. manifesto

From Latin manifestare (“make public, declare”).

manifest

1. manifesto

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

manifest m inan

1. manifesto

• “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, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

manifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)

1. manifesto

• “manifest” in Den Danske Ordbog

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manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)

1. manifest

manifest (not comparable)

1. manifest; obvious, undeniable

Declension 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

• IPA^(key): /maniˈfɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

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

1. manifest

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

Borrowed from Italian manifesto.

• IPA^(key): /ma.nɪˈfɛːst/

manifest m (plural manifesti)

1. manifesto (public declaration)

From Latin manifestus.

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

1. a manifesto

• “manifest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin manifestus.

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

1. a manifesto

• “manifest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /maˈɲi.fɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ifɛst
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧fest

manifest m inan

1. manifesto (public declaration)

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

Borrowed from French manifeste.

manifest n (plural manifești)

1. manifest

From English manifest.

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

1. to manifest

manifest (not comparable)

1. manifest

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

manifest n

1. a manifesto

   fila på ett manifest

   work on a manifesto

• manifestera
• manifestation

• manifest in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• manifest in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• manifest in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)