Apparition

Quick meaning: Apparition is a noun meaning An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

Meaning

An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

More Meanings

1. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
2. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
3. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
4. (astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.

Example Sentences

the sudden apparition of the Spaniards

[…] which apparition, it seems, was you.

The heavenly bands […] a glorious apparition.

I think it is the weakness of mine eyes / That shapes this monstrous apparition.

Word Forms

• apparitions

Synonyms for apparition

Depending on context, synonyms include vision, specter, phantom, spectre, shadow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spectre, specter, phantom, shadow, appearance, occurrence.

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