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# manifest

«manifest» in Mova's school dictionary: **To show something clearly, or to appear and become…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (manifest, manifests, manifested, manifesting); adjective (manifest); noun (a manifest, manifests)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To show something clearly, or to appear and become visible: «The illness manifested as a rash». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#m1)

2) (adjective, formal) Clear and obvious to everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#m2)

3) (noun) A list of the goods or passengers on a ship, plane or train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#m3)

4) (verb, slang/modern) To imagine and hope hard for something so that it might happen, as people say online: «I'm manifesting a snow day». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#m4)

5) (religion/stories) For a spirit or ghost: to appear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health it means a sign shows itself: «symptoms manifest». In formal writing «manifest» means «obvious». On ships and planes, the manifest is the official list. In modern talk, «manifesting» means wishing hard – a popular idea, but wishing alone does not make things happen. In ghost stories, a ghost «manifests». Phrases: «manifest itself», «make manifest», «passenger manifest», «manifest destiny» (history).

### examples

- His nerves manifested themselves as a stomach ache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#x1)
- Her talent for music was manifest from a young age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#x2)
- The captain checked the ship's manifest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#x3)
- The passenger manifest listed two hundred people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#x4)
- «I'm manifesting a pizza for dinner,» joked Chloe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#x5)
- In the story, the ghost manifested at midnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#x6)
- The measles virus manifests as red spots on the skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: manifested. Stress: MAN-i-fest. Not the same as «manifesto» (a list of a political party's aims). The modern «manifesting» is a belief; there is no scientific proof that wishing makes things happen, though hope can help you work towards goals.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «manifest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manifest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.