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apparition — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apparition noun A ghost or ghostlike figure; a sudden, strange appearance.
  • appearance noun The way someone or something looks.
  • Epiphany noun A sudden, striking flash of insight or understanding.
  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • onset noun The point at which something, especially an illness or a change, first begins.
  • outbreak noun A sudden start or spread of something unwelcome, such as a disease or violence.
  • vision noun The ability to see; eyesight.

Senses

apparition is used for these senses in English:

  • apparition An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • appearance The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
  • appearance A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
  • epiphany A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
  • ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
  • onset (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
  • outbreak An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
  • vision (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

appearance — full definition

  1. noun The way someone or something looks.
  2. noun An instance of appearing or showing up somewhere, especially publicly.

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