1. A ghostly appearing figure
   "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
   - phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter [US], spectre [Brit, Cdn] 
2. The appearance of a ghostlike figure
   "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening spectre" 
3. Something existing in perception only
   "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
   - phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow 
4. An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
   "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

Derived forms: apparitions

See also: appear

Type of: appearance, disembodied spirit, illusion, semblance, spirit

Encyclopedia: Apparition

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