Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)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 through the look on his face.

    manifestieren

    проявля́тьprojavljátʹ, прояви́тьprojavítʹ

    проявля́тиprojavljáty, прояви́тиprojavýty, виявля́тиvyjavljáty

  2. (intransitive)To become manifest; to be revealed.

    His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.

    проявля́тьсяprojavljátʹsja, прояви́тьсяprojavítʹsja

    проявля́тисяprojavljátysja, прояви́тисяprojavýtysja, виявля́тисяvyjavljátysja

    record in a ship's manifest

  3. (informal, transitive)To will something to exist.

  4. (transitive)To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Spirit manifested itself.

    Дух виявив себе.

    ruДух проявил себя.

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  2. It was a manifest error of judgement.

    ruЭто была явная ошибка правосудия.

    deEs war eine offensichtliche Fehleinschätzung.

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  3. The guilt manifests itself on his face.

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  4. Joy was manifest on the child's face.

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  5. He manifested his character in his behavior.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
(transitive) to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly:
(intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed:
Русский
By meaning 2
(transitive) to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly:
(intransitive) to become manifest; to be revealed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(transitive) to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly:

Origin

From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, man

From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifesto.

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Forms

manifests, manifesting, manifested, manifested
Base formmanifest · to manifest
3rd person singularmanifests
Present participlemanifesting
Past simplemanifested
Past participlemanifested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymanifest
he, she, itmanifests

Past simpleLesson

all personsmanifested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave manifested
he, she, ithas manifested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill manifest

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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