What is "apparition" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does apparition mean in English? Meaning of apparition definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "apparition" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "apparition": a ghostly appearing figure

Noun

  • Meaning: a ghostly appearing figure
  • Example: we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
  • Synonyms: apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma phantom specter spectre
  • Hyponyms: flying dutchman
  • Hypernyms: disembodied spirit spirit
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌæp.ə(ɹ)ˈɪʃn̩/

    Meaning of "apparition": the appearance of a ghostlike figure

    Noun

  • Meaning: the appearance of a ghostlike figure
  • Example: I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
  • Synonyms: apparition
  • Hypernyms: appearance
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌæp.ə(ɹ)ˈɪʃn̩/

    Meaning of "apparition": something existing in perception only

    Noun

  • Meaning: something existing in perception only
  • Example: a ghostly apparition at midnight
  • Synonyms: apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma phantom shadow
  • Hyponyms: flying dutchman flying saucer ghost shade specter spectre spook ufo unidentified flying object wraith
  • Hypernyms: illusion semblance
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌæp.ə(ɹ)ˈɪʃn̩/

    Meaning of "apparition": an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

    Noun

  • Meaning: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
  • Example: natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
  • Synonyms: apparition
  • Hypernyms: appearance
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌæp.ə(ɹ)ˈɪʃn̩/

    Synonyms:

    phantom, visitant, revenant, delusion, haunt, bogeyman, specter, chimera, spirit, spook, hallucination, phantasm, illusion, bump in the night,

    Antonyms:

    reality, certainty, fact, truth, animate, being,

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