apparition

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Etymology

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From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/

Noun

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apparition (plural apparitions)

  1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
    • 1709 August 27 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Tuesday, August 16, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 55; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, [], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.;  [], 1822, →OCLC:
      [] which apparition, it seems, was you.
      The spelling has been modernized.
  3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
    The attic is haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
    • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
      I think it is the weakness of mine eyes / That shapes this monstrous apparition.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      The heavenly bands [] a glorious apparition.
    • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 24:
      The apparition wobbled in front of Arthur's eyes, though the truth of the matter is probably that Arthur's eyes were wobbling in front of the apparition.
  4. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
  5. (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.

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin appāritiōnem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.pa.ʁi.sjɔ̃/
  • Audio; une apparition:(file)

Noun

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apparition f (plural apparitions)

  1. appearance
  2. ghost
    Synonym: fantôme
  3. (baseball) plate appearance
    Synonyms: apparition au bâton, présence, présence au bâton

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