MANIFEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manifest mean? 

• MANIFEST (noun)
  The noun MANIFEST has 1 sense:

1. a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane

  Familiarity information: MANIFEST used as a noun is very rare.

• MANIFEST (adjective)
  The adjective MANIFEST has 1 sense:

1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

  Familiarity information: MANIFEST used as an adjective is very rare.

• MANIFEST (verb)
  The verb MANIFEST has 3 senses:

1. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

2. record in a ship's manifest

3. reveal its presence or make an appearance

  Familiarity information: MANIFEST used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANIFEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("manifest" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

• MANIFEST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Synonyms:

apparent; evident; manifest; palpable; patent; plain; unmistakable

Context example:

a palpable lie

Similar:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

• MANIFEST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they manifest    ... he / she / it manifests   
Past simple: manifested   
Past participle: manifested   
-ing form: manifesting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest

Context example:

This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness

Hypernyms (to "manifest" is one way to...):

bear witness; evidence; prove; show; testify (provide evidence for)

Verb group:

attest (establish or verify the usage of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "manifest"):

authenticate (establish the authenticity of something)

reflect (give evidence of the quality of)

reflect (give evidence of a certain behavior)

notarise; notarize (authenticate as a notary)

condemn (demonstrate the guilt of (someone))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

manifestation (a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing)

manifestation (expression without words)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Record in a ship's manifest

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

each passenger must be manifested

Hypernyms (to "manifest" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reveal its presence or make an appearance

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the ghost manifests each year on the same day

Hypernyms (to "manifest" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

manifestation (an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit))

 Context examples 

It may manifest with acute loss of vision and pain.

(Optic neuritis, NCI Thesaurus)

An inherited disorder that manifests when one copy of a mutated gene is present.

(Autosomal Dominant Inherited Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by progressive neurologic deterioration manifested with ataxia, dementia, seizures, and dystonia.

(Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C, NCI Thesaurus)

An inherited disorder manifested only when two copies of a mutated gene are present.

(Autosomal Recessive Inherited Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Diseases affecting or involving the PARANASAL SINUSES and generally manifesting as inflammation, abscesses, cysts, or tumors.

(Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Clinical signs include multiple benign growths of the skin and lungs that begin to manifest in the second or third decade of life.

(Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

“And between these two desires is just where the soul of the man is manifest,” she went on.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology.

(Pathologic, NCI Thesaurus)

It is manifested with pain, tingling, numbness, and muscle weakness.

(Neuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

The neuronal migration defects result in brain abnormalities that are usually manifested with mental retardation and epilepsy.

(Neuronal Migration Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)