manifest

Meanings

Adjective

• Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
• Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
• Detected; convicted.

Noun

• A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
• A file containing metadata describing other files.
• A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

Verb

• To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
• To become manifest; to be revealed.
• To will something to exist.
• To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Related

Similar words

• apparent, plain, clear, distinct, obvious, palpable, patent

Origin

• From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus, from manus + *infestus, participle of *infendō (from the root of dēfendō, offendō, etc.), or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰers-. manifesto.