Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense manifests, present participle manifesting, past tense, past participle manifested
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you say that something is manifest, you mean that it is clearly true and that nobody would disagree with it if they saw it or considered it.
[formal]
...the manifest failure of the policies.
There may be unrecognised cases of manifest injustice of which we are unaware.
Synonyms: obvious, apparent, patent, evident More Synonyms of manifest
manifestlyadverb [ADVERB with verb]
She manifestly failed to last the mile and a half of the race.
2. verb
If you manifest a particular quality, feeling, or illness, or if it manifestsitself, it becomes visible or obvious.
[formal]
He manifested a pleasing personality on stage. [VERB noun]
The virus needs two weeks to manifest itself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
Their frustration and anger will manifest itself in crying and screaming. [V pron-refl + in]
He's only convincing when that inner fury manifests itself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
Synonyms: display, show, reveal, establish More Synonyms of manifest
Manifest is also an adjective.
The same alarm is manifest everywhere.
Some of her social aspirations were made manifest.
manifest in British English
(ˈmænɪˌfɛst)
adjective
1.
easily noticed or perceived; obvious; plain
2. psychoanalysis
of or relating to the ostensible elements of a dream
manifest content
Compare latent (sense 5)
verb
3. (transitive)
to show plainly; reveal or display
to manifest great emotion
4. (transitive)
to prove beyond doubt
5. (intransitive)
(of a disembodied spirit) to appear in visible form
6. (transitive)
to list in a ship's manifest
noun
7.
a customs document containing particulars of a ship, its cargo, and its destination
8.
a.
a list of cargo, passengers, etc, on an aeroplane
b.
a list of railway trucks or their cargo
c. mainly US and Canadian
a fast freight train carrying perishables
Derived forms
manifestable (ˈmaniˌfestable)
adjective
manifestly (ˈmaniˌfestly)
adverb
manifestness (ˈmaniˌfestness)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Latin manifestus plain, literally: struck with the hand, from manū with the hand + -festus struck
manifest in American English
(ˈmænəˌfɛst)
adjective
1.
apparent to the senses, esp. that of sight, or to the mind; evident; obvious; clear; plain
verb transitive
2.
to make clear or evident; show plainly; reveal; evince
3.
to prove; be evidence of
4.
to enter in a ship's manifest
verb intransitive
5.
to appear to the senses; show itself
noun
6.
a.
an itemized list of a ship's cargo, to be shown to customs officials
b.
a list of the passengers and cargo on an airplane
7. Rare
a manifestation
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈevident
Derived forms
manifestable (ˈmaniˌfestable)
adjective
manifestly (ˈmaniˌfestly)
adverb
Word origin
ME < OFr manifeste < L manifestus, earlier manufestus, lit., struck by the hand, palpable, evident < manus, a hand (see manual) + base akin to (in)festus: see infest
Examples of 'manifest' in a sentence
manifest
Either way, it is not at all surprising that fear often manifests itself in technique.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Often guilt or other feelings will manifest themselves.
Christianity Today (2000)
Europe did not possess a manifest destiny to transform the politics of the rest of the world.
Jonathan Wright Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State (2006)
It may be manifested sporadically or exercised persistently.
Wright, Vincent The Government and Politics of France (1989)
It was the only way to deal with manifest greed and injustice.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Anger is hurt that manifests itself into anger.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It would take only one adverse opinion poll for this discontent to become manifest.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Exceptional patients manifest the will to live in its most potent form.
Siegel, Bernie S. (MD) Love, Medicine and Miracles (1990)
That which we perceive in one team is also manifest in the other.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is manifest in her sense of line.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is true that here are dreams the manifest content of which is of the most painful nature.
Kishlansky, Mark A. (editor) Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginningto 1715 (1995)
The result is that a powerful lobby has thwarted the removing of a manifest injustice from the tax system.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Is that the end for what was once thought to be humanity's manifest destiny?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He respects Western medicine for its abilities to quantify and then to treat what has been manifested as illness.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
With few exceptions, there is no judgment about the manifest failure of dozens of senior civil servants and politicians.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
manifest
British English: manifest ADJECTIVE
If you say that something is manifest, you mean that it is clearly true and that nobody would disagree with it if they saw it or considered it.
...the manifest failure of the policies.
American English: manifest
Brazilian Portuguese: manifesto
Chinese: 明显的
European Spanish: manifiesto
French: manifeste
German: offenkundig
Italian: manifesto
Japanese: 明白な
Korean: 명백한
European Portuguese: manifesto
Latin American Spanish: manifiesto
British English: manifest VERB
If you manifest a particular quality, feeling, or illness, or if it manifests itself, it becomes visible or obvious.