apparition
An act of becoming visibleAn act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
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Meaning
5 sensesAn act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
Erscheinen, Erscheinung
появле́ниеpojavlénije, явле́ниеjavlénije
поя́ваpojáva
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
Erscheinung
явле́ниеjavlénije
об'я́вленняobʺjávlennja, з'я́вленняzʺjávlennja
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
The region's economy is buoyed by tourism driven by past apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
The attic is said to be haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
Erscheinung, Gespenst
привиде́ниеprividénije, при́зракprízrak
при́видprývyd, прима́раprymára
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
Erscheinung
A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
Examples
9 sentencesAre you an apparition?
Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
Diego saw an apparition in the woods.
Lucy seemed stiffened to stone by this unexpected apparition.
Oh!! I just saw an apparition!!
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.
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Forms
plural: apparitions| Singular | apparition |
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