phenomenonnoun [ C ]
uk/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/plural phenomena uk/-ə/usphenomenon noun [ C ] (EXISTING THING)
C1 something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual or interesting:
Gravity is a natural phenomenon.
Do you believe in the paranormal and other psychic phenomena?
There's evidence to suggest that child abuse is not just a recent phenomenon.
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- paranormal phenomena
- geophysical and geological phenomena
- Johnson (op. cit., page 53) calls this phenomenon 'the principle of minimal effort'.
- the El Nino weather phenomenon
- This trend is certainly not a new phenomenon.
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Objects - general words
- affair
- artefact
- artifact
- column
- conversation piece
- curio
- doing
- doodad
- doodah
- entity
- ephemera
- lot
- nick-nack
- object
- piece
- shape
- such and such
- thing
- widget
- wisp
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phenomenon noun [ C ] (SUCCESS)
someone or something that is extremely successful, often because of special qualities or abilities:
The Beatles were a phenomenon - nobody had heard anything like them before.
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Good and excellent things
- badass
- be the best thing since sliced bread idiom
- beaut
- beauty
- belter
- bunch
- flagship
- gem
- jewel
- jim-dandy
- king
- lulu
- marvel
- paragon
- peach
- the flower of sth idiom
- the jewel in the crown idiom
- the pick of sth idiom
- the real deal
- the Rolls-Royce of sth idiom
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