manifest
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Definition of manifest
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manifest
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Definition of manifest (Entry 2 of 3)
: to make evident or certain by showing or displaying
manifest
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Definition of manifest (Entry 3 of 3)
1 : manifestation, indication
2 : manifesto
3 : a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle (such as a ship or plane)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for manifest
Synonyms: Adjective
apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luminous, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable
Synonyms: Verb
body, embody, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiate
Antonyms: Adjective
ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear, unclouded
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of manifest in a Sentence
Adjective
The argument, for all of its manifest inadequacies … captured the national imagination and shaped subsequent religious discourse. It provided a vocabulary, an explanation, and a new set of boundaries for the restructured American religion that had by then been developing for half a century. —Jonathan D. Sarna, American Judaism, 2004 Economics, the great model among us now, indulges and deprives, builds and abandons, threatens and promises. Its imperium is manifest, irrefragable—as in fact it has been since antiquity. —Marilynne Robinson, The Death of Adam, 1998 Washington has long been uneasy about its relationship with Somalia, partly because of the manifest shakiness of the Siad Barre administration but also because of Somalia's continuing claims on the Ogaden. —John Borrell, Wall Street Journal, 23 Aug. 1982 His muscles were getting flabby, and his tailor called attention to his increasing waistband. In fact, Daylight was developing a definite paunch. This physical deterioration was manifest likewise in his face. —Jack London, Burning Daylight, 1910 Their sadness was manifest in their faces. His love for literature is manifest in his large library. There was manifest confusion in the streets.Verb
Malone has invited Barkley to spend a week … to relax, talk some basketball, eat some hot Louisiana food and kick around the subject of frustration, something they both feel but manifest in different ways. —Jack McCallum, Sports Illustrated, 27 Apr. 1992 He asked what they had been doing in Dallas, and they told him that they were looking at the Sunbelt boom as manifested in the great Texas banks, thrifts and real estate operations. —John Kenneth Galbraith, A Tenured Professor, 1990 And if one is a pantheist … one might say that all nature is divinity and manifests itself in myriad forms and delightful complexities. —Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon, 1986 Both sides have manifested a stubborn unwillingness to compromise. Their religious beliefs are manifested in every aspect of their lives. Her behavior problems began manifesting themselves soon after she left home.Noun
Since 2002, a program known as the Container Security Initiative requires our main trading partners to send to U.S. Customs and border Protection an electronic manifest for every U.S.-bound container twenty-four hours before it is loaded on a ship. —William Finnegan, New Yorker, 19 June 2006 Has any passenger manifest been more fretted over than the Mayflower's? —Jack Hitt, Harper's, July 2005 But for me, finding it still in "use" is high on the manifest of writerly thrills longed for—along with seeing someone you don't know hungrily reading your book on an overland bus in Turkey; or noticing your book on the shelf behind the moderator on Meet the Press next to The Wealth of Nations and Giants in the Earth; or seeing your book on a list of overlooked American masterpieces compiled by former insiders in the Kennedy administration. —Richard Ford, Independence Day, 1995
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The former celebrates freedom and its manifest expressions; the latter celebrates order and control. — Shlomo Angel, WSJ, "‘Building and Dwelling’ Review: A Manifesto for the Open City," 6 July 2018 The greatest creation has been our love made manifest in our children. — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, "Jaime King Posts Sweet and Empowering Message as Her Son Dons a Dress for Movie Premiere," 7 June 2018 The broad ethical and moral issues raised by crowdfunding are manifest. — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, "That heartwarming story about a kid crowdfunding for his infant brother defines what's wrong with U.S. healthcare," 4 June 2018 Rachel Bloom posted a photo from the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend set to show how hormones and stress manifest on her face. — Leah Prinzivalli, Glamour, "The 'Acne Positivity' Movement Is Taking Back the Shame From Breakouts," 28 Mar. 2018 The seriousness of Kreindler’s artistry is easy to miss because of his subject matter and manifest love for it. — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, "Baseball Paintings That Double as Fine Art and Historical Documents," 23 Jan. 2018 Her dancing, too, was highly expressive in sophisticated choreography that didn't act out the songs so much as manifest their themes in physical form. — Mikael Wood, latimes.com, "Pink was as relatable as she was spectacular at the Honda Center," 27 May 2018 Here, Asry shares two of her Ramadan looks; both make manifest her dedication to faith and fashion. — Vogue, "How @fashionwithfaith’s Imane Asry Is Dressing for Ramadan," 23 May 2018 In Peterson, this tendency is manifest in his deeply polarized view of gender. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "Jordan Peterson’s Tired Old Myths," 21 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Woods’s jammed wrist has manifested itself yet again. — Matthew Gutierrez, WSJ, "Shinnecock’s Rough Asserts Itself at U.S. Open," 14 June 2018 Sleep deprivation doesn’t always manifest itself in feeling tired, Layish said. — Katie Parsons, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Americans aren't sleeping enough, but early risers might live longer," 31 May 2018 That battle has manifested most clearly in a Democratic congressional primary outside Houston, in one of Texas Democrats' best pickup opportunities of 2018. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "Georgia's disappointing Democrats," 22 May 2018 My concern is that sometimes within the structure of the federal government, those petitions don’t manifest and bureaucracy takes over. — Time, "Governor Ricardo Rosselló: Puerto Rico Is a 'Geopolitical Black Hole'," 10 May 2018 The Dolphins' expected interest in Anderson, meanwhile, simply has not manifested. — Armando Salguero, miamiherald, "Miami Dolphins wanted C.J. Anderson in 2016. What about now? | Miami Herald," 19 Apr. 2018 That production cannot manifest without looking in and around transit corridors. — Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle, "Fixing California’s housing crisis: What candidates for governor would do," 17 Apr. 2018 And her elevated self-expression isn’t just manifesting in her music. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "Dej Loaf on the Family Secret Behind Her Showstopping Coachella Hair," 14 Apr. 2018 However, while Amamiya cautioned that the position of Japan’s banks were getting worse and that was partly due to the BOJ’s low-interest rate policy, Wakatabe said that the negative side-effects of BOJ stimulus hadn’t manifested much yet. — Yoshiaki Nohara, Bloomberg.com, "Bank of Japan Has Tools for Stimulus Exit in Stable Manner, Amamiya Says," 5 Mar. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The wooden vessel, packed with passengers and dozens of motorbikes, did not have a manifest, and disaster officials have repeatedly changed passenger estimates as family members provided information. — Washington Post, "World Digest: June 20, 2018," 20 June 2018 At its core, burnout manifests as an absence of motivation — to work, to succeed, to get things done, to engage with other people and life in general. — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Burnout reflects a conflict between our inner calling and what we have to do," 13 July 2018 Will all this energy manifest as some kind of pressure bearing down? — Jenny Sharaf, The Cut, "Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of July 2," 2 July 2018 Proponents say the requirements will help close the academic achievement gap between children from poor and middle-class families that research demonstrates manifests by the age of 18 months. — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, "D.C. motions to dismiss lawsuit over its controversial education requirements for child-care workers," 21 June 2018 And attorney general Sessions has made his distaste for affirmative action manifest, vowing to bring lawsuits against any universities that adopt admissions policies that unduly advantage African-American applicants. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Administration Calls on Colleges to End Affirmative Action," 3 July 2018 The SpaceX launch manifest remains ever in flux, but Teslarati notes that the company may fly a pair of Block 5 boosters on July 18 and 20 on the East and West Coasts, with just 30 hours between missions. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: Chinese tourism, launch by centrifuge, SLS the “right” rocket," 22 June 2018 Behavioral and preliminary neuroimaging findings suggest autism manifests differently in girls. — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, "Autism—It's Different in Girls," 1 Mar. 2016 With at least a dozen more launches on the manifest for this year, anything’s possible. — Amy Thompson, WIRED, "SpaceX Is About to Launch Its Final Block 4 Falcon," 28 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'manifest.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for manifest
manifest
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of manifest
(Entry 1 of 2)
: able to be seen : clearly shown or visible
: easy to understand or recognize
manifest
verb
English Language Learners Definition of manifest (Entry 2 of 2)
: to show (something) clearly
See the full definition for manifest in the English Language Learners Dictionary
manifest
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Kids Definition of manifest
(Entry 1 of 2)
: easy to detect or recognize : obvious Their relief was manifest.
manifest
verbKids Definition of manifest (Entry 2 of 2)
: to show plainly … her human curiosity … began to manifest itself … —Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer
manifest
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Legal Definition of manifest
(Entry 1 of 3)
1 : capable of being readily perceived by the senses and especially by sight a manifest injury
2 : capable of being easily understood or recognized : clearly evident, obvious, and indisputable vacating an arbitrator's award because of the arbitrator's manifest disregard of the law
manifest
transitive verbLegal Definition of manifest (Entry 2 of 3)
: to make evident or certain by showing or displaying manifesting the intent to make a gift
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manifest
nounLegal Definition of manifest (Entry 3 of 3)
: a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle (as a ship or plane)
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