manifest

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
  2. verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
  3. verb record in a ship's manifest

Etymology

From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from , from Latin manus + second element of Latin īnfēstāre, from īnfestus, from in + *-festus (“probably seized, handled”). Doublet of manifesto.

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