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[ fi-nom -uh -nuh ] SHOW IPA
/ fɪˈnɒm ə nə / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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Origin of phenomena First recorded in 1580–90 with spelling phænomena
usage note for phenomena As with other plurals of Latin or Greek origin, like media and criteria, there is a tendency to use the plural phenomena as a singular ( This phenomena will not be seen again ), but such use occurs infrequently in edited writing. The plural form phenomenas, though occasionally seen, has even less currency.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH phenomena phenomena , phenomenal, phenomenon (see usage note at the current entry)Words nearby phenomena phenolphthalein, phenol red, phenolsulfonephthalein, phenolsulfonphthalein, phenom, phenomena , phenomenal, phenomenalism, phenomenalize, phenomenology, phenomenon
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Example sentences from the Web for phenomena Two 20th-century phenomena , occurring in quick succession, are the culprits.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality | Noah Caldwell| September 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
That law governs all sorts of phenomena , including rocket engines, collisions between electrons, and car wrecks.
Dear NASA: Fuel-Free Rocket Thruster Is Literally Too Good to Be True | Matthew R. Francis| August 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
We have suffered immensely as the state blamed for the “big hair” phenomena .
Bridgegate Looks Almost Good Next to New Jersey’s Other Embarrassments | Dean Obeidallah| January 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
These two phenomena leave Apple vulnerable to cheaper, aggressive competitors.
Wall Street’s Not Buying This ‘Cheap’ iPhone | Daniel Gross| September 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Phenomena like the Tea Party are not without precedence on the American political landscape.
The Tea Party Isn’t Dead Yet | David Freedlander| July 29, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Several of the phenomena occurred entirely under our own hands, and quite disconnected from the "medium."
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille Flammarion
I'm leaving the project immediately to set up a new team with Chavez, for the investigation of this phenomena .
The Electronic Mind Reader | John Blaine
There was not as yet much popular interest in the phenomena .
Raiders of the Universes | Donald Wandrei
Now, of records about these phenomena the Middle Ages produce but a very scanty supply.
Cock Lane and Common-Sense | Andrew Lang
To have produced the phenomena by using his right hand the medium would have had to pass it under the curtain at his back.
Hours with the Ghosts or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft | Henry Ridgely Evans
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British Dictionary definitions for phenomena Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to phenomena development, phantasm, experience, wonder, phenomenality