manifest

Etymology

From Middle French manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from manus (“hand”) + *infestus, participle of *infendere "strike" (seen also in defendere, offendere, etc.).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: man‧i‧fest

Adjective

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, 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, Bible (King James Version), 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; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Gray's Inn Gate next Gray's Inn Lane, OCLC 228732415, book II, page 47:

     Caliſtho there ſtood manifeſt of Shame, / And turn’d a Bear, the Northern Star became […]

Noun

manifest (plural manifests)

1. (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto or manifestation.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Homer’s Ilias”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Gray's Inn Gate next Gray's Inn Lane, OCLC 228732415, book I, page 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.

2. A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
3. (computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.

Verb

manifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifesting, simple past and past participle manifested)

1. 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 via the look on his face.

   • c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):
     , [Act I, scene ii]:

     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:

     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. To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Related terms

• manifestation
• manifestly
• manifesto

Further reading

• manifest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• manifest in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Manifest in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• antifems

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mə.niˈfest/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.niˈfest/

Adjective

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

1. manifest, obvious

Noun

manifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)

1. manifesto

Etymology

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

Noun

manifest

1. manifesto

References

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

Noun

manifest m

1. manifesto

Noun

manifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)

1. manifesto

References

• “manifest” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

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Noun

manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)

1. manifest

Adjective

manifest (not comparable)

1. manifest; obvious, undeniable

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Adjective

manifest (comparative manifester, superlative am manifestesten)

1. manifest

Further reading

• manifest in Duden online

Etymology

From Latin manifestus

Noun

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

1. a manifesto

References

• “manifest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin manifestus

Noun

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

1. a manifesto

References

• “manifest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

manifest m inan

1. manifesto (public declaration)

Etymology

From English manifest.

Verb

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

1. to manifest