Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious. synonym: apparent.
- intransitive verb To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal.
- intransitive verb To record in a ship's manifest.
- intransitive verb To display or present a manifest of (cargo).
- intransitive verb To become manifest; be revealed.
- noun A list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane.
- noun An invoice of goods carried on a truck or train.
- noun A list of railroad cars according to owner and location.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To disclose to the eye or to the understanding; show plainly; put beyond doubt or question; display; exhibit.
- Synonyms To make known, prove, reveal, evidence, declare, evince. See comparison under manifest, a.
- That may be readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; open to view or to comprehension; plain; obvious; apparent.
- noun A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.
- noun A document, signed by the master of a vessel, containing a list of all the packages or separate items of freight on board, with their distinguishing marks, numbers, descriptions, destination, etc., for the information and use of the custom-house officers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See
manifesto . - noun A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse.
- transitive verb To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
- transitive verb To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
- adjective Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
- adjective rare Detected; convicted; -- with of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Evident to the senses, especially to thesight ;apparent ; distinctly perceived. - adjective
Obvious to theunderstanding ;apparent to themind ; easilyapprehensible ; plain; notobscure orhidden . - adjective rare
Detected ;convicted . - noun obsolete A public
declaration ; an openstatement ; amanifesto ormanifestation . - noun A
list orinvoice of thepassengers orgoods being carried by acommercial vehicle or ship. - noun computing A file containing
metadata describing other files. - verb To
show plainly; to make to appeardistinctly , usually to the mind; to put beyondquestion ordoubt ; todisplay ; toexhibit . - verb To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to
declare at the customhouse.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb record in a ship's manifest
- adjective clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- noun a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- verb reveal its presence or make an appearance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To emphasize what he calls the "manifest implausibility" of Brown's scheme, Mr. Horwitz presents him as a maladroit leader with a fragmented following.
An Angry Prophet David S. Reynolds 2011
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"It is up to you to consider such devices as open boundaries so that some of what you identify as manifest absurdities because a line cuts a village or a road several times can be overcome by allowing the boundary to be open," he said, according a transcript seen by AFP.
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The world is filled with auspicious acts resulting in manifest disgrace.
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But the overriding weakness, which design thinking makes manifest, is that good design is necessarily the product of a heavily centralized structure.
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This exactly mirrors Catholic teaching: Ministers of Holy Communion are only to deny the Sacrament to non-Catholics or Catholics living in manifest (public) grave sin.
A bit more on Holy Communion and non-Catholic Christians 2009
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But the overriding weakness, which design thinking makes manifest, is that good design is necessarily the product of a heavily centralized structure.
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But the overriding weakness, which design thinking makes manifest, is that good design is necessarily the product of a heavily centralized structure.
Knowledge is Power: Knowledge on the Web: June 2009 Archives 2009
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But the overriding weakness, which design thinking makes manifest, is that good design is necessarily the product of a heavily centralized structure.
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If you fear the unknown then everything in your life will dominated through fear (as circumstances usually manifest from the unknown).
Is “The Fourth Kind” real or fake? Secrets revealed » Scene-Stealers 2009
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But the overriding weakness, which design thinking makes manifest, is that good design is necessarily the product of a heavily centralized structure.
ilovemuffins commented on the word manifest
destiny.
April 2, 2008
munjal.upadhyay commented on the word manifest
If you think “equality” is predicated on stuff that can be measured, you are in manifest denial of reality.
January 21, 2014
shanvrolijk commented on the word manifest
manifest neglect
manifestly clear
March 2, 2018