manifest

See also: Manifest

English

WOTD – 1 November 2010

Etymology

Middle French manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from manus (“hand”) + *infestus, participle of *infendere "strike" (seen also in defendere, offendere, etc.).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/, /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/

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• Hyphenation: man‧i‧fest

Adjective

manifest (comparative more manifest, superlative most manifest)

1. Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
   • 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a killing: The brief life and bloody death of the post-Scream slasher revival”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     It re-envisioned Freddy Krueger in the “real world,” where the nightmare-dwelling being is made manifest in our reality, one where Freddy actor Robert Englund and original Nightmare On Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp play themselves, as does Craven himself.

   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Hebrews 4:13:

     Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight […]

2. Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
3. (rare, used with "of") Detected; convicted.
   • 1700, John Dryden, "Palamon and Arcite":

     Calistho there stood manifest of shame.

Synonyms

• (evident to the senses, easy to understand): apparent, plain, clear, distinct, obvious, palpable, patent
• See also Thesaurus:obvious.

Derived terms

• manifest content
• manifest destiny

Translations

evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent

• Catalan: manifest (ca)
• Finnish: ilmeinen (fi)
• French: manifeste (fr) m, f
• German: manifest (de)
• Hungarian: szembeszökő
• Japanese: 明らかな (akiraka-na)

• Norwegian: manifest, åpenbar (no)
• Portuguese: manifesto (pt), evidente (pt)
• Russian: я́вный (ru) (jávnyj), очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj)
• Spanish: manifiesto (es), evidente (es)
• Telugu: వ్యక్తము (te) (vyaktamu), విదితము (te) (viditamu), గోచరము (te) (gōcaramu)

obvious to the understanding, easily apprehensible

• Finnish: ilmeinen (fi)
• Japanese: 明白な (meihaku-na)
• Portuguese: manifesto (pt), óbvio (pt)

• Spanish: manifiesto (es)
• Swedish: uppenbar (sv), tydlig (sv)

detected; convicted

• Catalan: manifest (ca)

• Finnish: ilmentymä (fi)

Noun

manifest (plural manifests)

1. (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto or manifestation.
2. A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
3. (computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.

Translations

obsolete: public declaration

• Catalan: manifest (ca)
• Dutch: manifest (nl) n
• Esperanto: manifesto (eo)
• Finnish: manifesti (fi)
• French: profession de foi (fr), manifeste (fr), proclamation (fr), déclaration (fr), mise au point (fr), coming out (fr)
• German: Manifest (de) f
• Japanese: 宣言 (ja) (sengen)

• Norwegian: manifest n
• Polish: manifest (pl) m
• Portuguese: manifesto (pt) m
• Russian: манифе́ст (ru) m (manifést), деклара́ция (ru) f (deklarácija)
• Spanish: profesión de fe, manifiesto (es), proclamación (es), declaración (es)
• Turkish: manifesto (tr)

list of passengers or goods

• Dutch: manifest (nl) f, vrachtbrief m, vrachtlijst f
• Finnish: luettelo (fi); matkustajaluettelo, rahtiluettelo
• French: manifeste (fr), bordereau (fr)
• German: Ladungsliste f

• Japanese: 積荷目録 (tsumini-mokuroku)
• Portuguese: manifesto (pt) m
• Spanish: declaración de carga, sobordo
• Turkish: gümrük bildirimi

Verb

manifest (third-person singular simple present manifests, present participle manifesting, simple past and past participle manifested)

1. To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

   His courage manifested itself via the look on his face.

   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎^[2]:

     Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.

   • 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, Act 1

     Not I; I must be found;

     My parts, my title, and my perfect soul

     Shall manifest me rightly.

2. To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Translations

to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly

• Catalan: manifestar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表明 (zh) (biǎomíng), 表露 (zh) (biǎolù), 顯示 (zh), 显示 (zh) (xiǎnshì), 表現 (zh), 表现 (zh) (biǎoxiàn)

• Dutch: manifesteren (nl)
• Finnish: ilmaista (fi), tuoda ilmi, tuoda julki, ilmetä (fi)
• Galician: manifestar (gl)
• German: manifestieren (de)
• Japanese: 表明する (hyōmei-suru)

• Korean: 나타나다 (ko) (natanada)
• Maori: whakatinana
• Norwegian: manifestere
• Portuguese: manifestar (pt)
• Russian: проявля́ть (ru) impf (projavljátʹ), прояви́ть (ru) pf (projavítʹ) (transitive), проявля́ться (ru) impf (projavljátʹsja), прояви́ться (ru) pf (projavítʹsja) (intransitive)
• Scots: manifest
• Spanish: manifestar (es), mostrar (es), revelar (es)
• Vietnamese: biểu hiện (vi)

to exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse

• Finnish: selvittää (fi), ilmoittaa (fi)

• Portuguese: dar ao manifesto

Related terms

• manifestation
• manifestly
• manifesto

Further reading

• manifest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• manifest in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Manifest in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• antifems

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Catalan

Adjective

manifest (feminine manifesta, masculine plural manifests or manifestos, feminine plural manifestes)

1. manifest, obvious

Noun

manifest m (plural manifests or manifestos)

1. manifesto

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin manifestare (“make public, declare”).

Noun

manifest

1. manifesto

Declension

Declension of manifest

nominative	manifest
genitive	manifestniñ
dative	manifestke
accusative	manifestni
locative	manifestte
ablative	manifestten

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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Czech

Noun

manifest m

1. manifesto

Related terms

• manifestace f
• manifestovat

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Danish

Noun

manifest n (singular definite manifestet, plural indefinite manifester)

1. manifesto

Declension

Declension of manifest

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	manifest	manifestet	manifester	manifesterne
genitive	manifests	manifestets	manifesters	manifesternes

References

• “manifest” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

manifest n (plural manifesten, diminutive manifestje n)

1. manifest

Adjective

manifest (not comparable)

1. manifest; obvious, undeniable

Inflection

Inflection of manifest
uninflected	manifest
inflected	manifeste
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		manifest
indefinite	m./f. sing.	manifeste
	n. sing.	manifest
	plural	manifeste
definite		manifeste
partitive		manifests

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German

Adjective

manifest (comparative manifester, superlative am manifestesten)

1. manifest

Declension

Positive forms of manifest

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist manifest	sie ist manifest	es ist manifest	sie sind manifest
strong declension (without article)	nominative	manifester	manifeste	manifestes	manifeste
	genitive	manifesten	manifester	manifesten	manifester
	dative	manifestem	manifester	manifestem	manifesten
	accusative	manifesten	manifeste	manifestes	manifeste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der manifeste	die manifeste	das manifeste	die manifesten
	genitive	des manifesten	der manifesten	des manifesten	der manifesten
	dative	dem manifesten	der manifesten	dem manifesten	den manifesten
	accusative	den manifesten	die manifeste	das manifeste	die manifesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein manifester	eine manifeste	ein manifestes	(keine) manifesten
	genitive	eines manifesten	einer manifesten	eines manifesten	(keiner) manifesten
	dative	einem manifesten	einer manifesten	einem manifesten	(keinen) manifesten
	accusative	einen manifesten	eine manifeste	ein manifestes	(keine) manifesten

Comparative forms of manifest

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist manifester	sie ist manifester	es ist manifester	sie sind manifester
strong declension (without article)	nominative	manifesterer	manifestere	manifesteres	manifestere
	genitive	manifesteren	manifesterer	manifesteren	manifesterer
	dative	manifesterem	manifesterer	manifesterem	manifesteren
	accusative	manifesteren	manifestere	manifesteres	manifestere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der manifestere	die manifestere	das manifestere	die manifesteren
	genitive	des manifesteren	der manifesteren	des manifesteren	der manifesteren
	dative	dem manifesteren	der manifesteren	dem manifesteren	den manifesteren
	accusative	den manifesteren	die manifestere	das manifestere	die manifesteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein manifesterer	eine manifestere	ein manifesteres	(keine) manifesteren
	genitive	eines manifesteren	einer manifesteren	eines manifesteren	(keiner) manifesteren
	dative	einem manifesteren	einer manifesteren	einem manifesteren	(keinen) manifesteren
	accusative	einen manifesteren	eine manifestere	ein manifesteres	(keine) manifesteren

Superlative forms of manifest

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am manifestesten	sie ist am manifestesten	es ist am manifestesten	sie sind am manifestesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	manifestester	manifesteste	manifestestes	manifesteste
	genitive	manifestesten	manifestester	manifestesten	manifestester
	dative	manifestestem	manifestester	manifestestem	manifestesten
	accusative	manifestesten	manifesteste	manifestestes	manifesteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der manifesteste	die manifesteste	das manifesteste	die manifestesten
	genitive	des manifestesten	der manifestesten	des manifestesten	der manifestesten
	dative	dem manifestesten	der manifestesten	dem manifestesten	den manifestesten
	accusative	den manifestesten	die manifesteste	das manifesteste	die manifestesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein manifestester	eine manifesteste	ein manifestestes	(keine) manifestesten
	genitive	eines manifestesten	einer manifestesten	eines manifestesten	(keiner) manifestesten
	dative	einem manifestesten	einer manifestesten	einem manifestesten	(keinen) manifestesten
	accusative	einen manifestesten	eine manifesteste	ein manifestestes	(keine) manifestesten

Further reading

• manifest in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin manifestus

Noun

manifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest or manifester, definite plural manifesta or manifestene)

1. a manifesto

References

• “manifest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin manifestus

Noun

manifest n (definite singular manifestet, indefinite plural manifest, definite plural manifesta)

1. a manifesto

References

• “manifest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Noun

manifest m inan

1. manifesto (public declaration)

Declension

declension of manifest

	singular	plural
nominative	manifest	manifesty
genitive	manifestu	manifestów
dative	manifestowi	manifestom
accusative	manifest	manifesty
instrumental	manifestem	manifestami
locative	manifeście	manifestach
vocative	manifeście	manifesty

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Scots

Etymology

From English manifest.

Verb

manifest (third-person singular present manifests, present participle manifestin, past manifestit, past participle manifestit)

1. to manifest