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English

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Etymology

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    From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifesto.

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    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, with of) Detect; convicted.

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    Noun

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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.
      Coordinate terms: bill of goods, bill of sale, schedule
      Near-synonyms: bill of lading, waybill
      ship's manifest
    2. (computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.
    3. (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

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    Verb

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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.
      • 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[2], archived from the original on 11 November 2020:
        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[3]‎[4], archived from the original on 1 December 2022:
        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.
      • 2019 September 24, Jessie Yeung, quoting Pope Francis, “Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives”, in CNN‎[5], archived from the original on 27 September 2019:
        Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.”
      • 2020 July 31, deTraci Regula, “Opa! The Greeks Have a Word for It All”, in ThoughtCo‎[6], archived from the original on 22 February 2024:
        He's even founded a center based on his principles of applying opa to everyday life, dedicated to the practice of "The Opa! Way" and manifesting your inner Greekness, which he says you can have without being actually Greek.
    2. (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
      His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.
    3. (transitive, informal, originally New Thought) To will something to exist.
      • 1982, Shakti Gawain, The Creative Visualization Workbook‎[7]:
        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[8]:
        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[9], archived from the original on 24 March 2021:
        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
      Synonyms: evident, palès

    Noun

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    manifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)

    1. manifesto
    2. (nautical) manifest
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    Crimean Tatar

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    Etymology

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

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    manifest

    1. manifesto

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    Declension of manifest
    nominative manifest
    genitive manifestniñ
    dative manifestke
    accusative manifestni
    locative manifestte
    ablative manifestten

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    • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[10], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

    Czech

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    manifest m inan

    1. manifesto

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    Danish

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    Noun

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    manifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)

    1. manifesto

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    Declension of manifest
    neuter
    gender
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative manifest manifestet manifester manifesterne
    genitive manifests manifestets manifesters manifesternes

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Middle French manifeste.

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    Noun

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    manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)

    1. manifest

    Adjective

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    manifest (not comparable)

    1. manifest; obvious, undeniable

    Declension

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    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
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    German

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

    1. manifest

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    Positive forms of manifest
    number & gender singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative er ist manifest sie ist manifest es ist manifest sie sind manifest
    strong declension
    (without article)
    nominative manifester manifeste manifestes manifeste
    genitive manifesten manifester manifesten manifester
    dative manifestem manifester manifestem manifesten
    accusative manifesten manifeste manifestes manifeste
    weak declension
    (with definite article)
    nominative der manifeste die manifeste das manifeste die manifesten
    genitive des manifesten der manifesten des manifesten der manifesten
    dative dem manifesten der manifesten dem manifesten den manifesten
    accusative den manifesten die manifeste das manifeste die manifesten
    mixed declension
    (with indefinite article)
    nominative ein manifester eine manifeste ein manifestes (keine) manifesten
    genitive eines manifesten einer manifesten eines manifesten (keiner) manifesten
    dative einem manifesten einer manifesten einem manifesten (keinen) manifesten
    accusative einen manifesten eine manifeste ein manifestes (keine) manifesten

    Further reading

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    • “manifest” in Duden online
    • “manifest”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[11] (in German)

    Maltese

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Italian manifesto.

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      Noun

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      manifest m (plural manifesti)

      1. manifesto (public declaration)
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      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia no

      Etymology

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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

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      Etymology

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      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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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Etymology

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

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

      Noun

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      manifest m inan

      1. manifesto (public declaration)

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      • “manifest”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[12] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • “manifest”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[13] (in Polish)

      Romanian

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from French manifeste.

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        manifest n (plural manifești)

        1. manifest

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        Scots

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        Etymology

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        From English manifest.

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

        1. to manifest

        Swedish

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        Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia sv

        Adjective

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        manifest (not comparable)

        1. manifest

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        Inflection of manifest
        Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
        common singular manifest — —
        neuter singular manifestt — —
        plural manifesta — —
        masculine plural2 manifeste — —
        Definite positive comparative superlative
        masculine singular3 manifeste — —
        all manifesta — —

        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.

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        manifest n

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

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