Manifest: meaning, example and synonyms
Manifestv. To show or display clearly; to make evident.
Example
The drought's effects manifested slowly at first, appearing as thinner tree rings years before farmers noticed any change in their harvests.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Synonyms
- display, reveal, exhibit, demonstrate
- Antonyms
- conceal, hide, mask, suppress
- Memory tip
- mani ("hand"): so plain you could hold it in your hand.
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Check yourself: Manifest in context
The students' anxiety about the exam ______ itself in small ways: bitten pencils, restless legs and an unusual silence in the hallway.
Answer: manifested. The list after the colon gives visible signs of anxiety, so the anxiety showed itself. "Mitigated itself", "repudiated itself" and "eclipsed itself" don't fit a list of visible signs.
Symptoms of the soil disease may not ______ until several seasons after infection, which makes early testing essential.
Answer: manifest. Early testing matters because the symptoms don't become visible for several seasons. The other verbs need an object and don't describe symptoms appearing.