Apparition - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌæpəˈrɪʃn|
Brit.
|æpəˈrɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- a ghostly appearing figure (syn: fantasm, phantasm, phantom, specter, spectre)
we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
- the appearance of a ghostlike figureI was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
- something existing in perception only (syn: fantasm, phantasm, phantom, shadow)a ghostly apparition at midnight
- an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedlynatives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
Extra examples
...an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house...
A so strange apparition excited his surprise and indignation.
He stared at the strange apparition before him.
I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
Word forms
noun
singular: apparition
plural: apparitions
singular: apparition
plural: apparitions
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