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   apparition

   /ˌapəˈrɪʃn/

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   • 1. a ghost or ghostlike image of a person: "a headless apparition" Similar ghostphantomspectrespiritwraithshadowpresencevisionhallucinationbodachDoppelgängerduppyinformal:spookliterary:phantasmshaderevenantvisitantwightrare:eidolonmanes
   • ▪ a remarkable or unexpected appearance of someone or something: "an apparition of the Virgin Mary" Similar appearancemanifestationmaterializationemergencevisitationarrivaladvent

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of appearing’): from Latin apparitio(n-) ‘attendance’, from the verb apparere (see appear).

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   • 1. apparitional adjective

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   Learn the meaning of apparition as an unusual or unexpected sight, a ghostly figure, or the act of becoming visible. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.

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   An apparition is the spirit of a dead person appearing in a form that can be seen. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   If you see something you think might be a ghost, you can call it an apparition to hedge your bets. Apparition doesn't commit you in the same way the word ghost does—and saying that you've seen one won't cause you to be committed.

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