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   phantom

   /ˈfantəm/

   noun

   • 1. a ghost: "a phantom who haunts lonely roads" Similar ghostapparitionspiritspectrewraithshadowbodachduppyinformal:spookliterary:phantasmshaderevenantwightrare:eidolonmanes
   • ▪ a figment of the imagination: "he tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality" Similar figment of the imaginationdelusionhallucinationillusionchimeravisionfantasymiragerare:phantasm
   • ▪ not real; illusory: "a phantom conspiracy"
   • ▪ denoting a financial arrangement or transaction which has been invented for fraudulent purposes: "he diverted an estimated £1,500,000 into ‘phantom’ bank accounts"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘illusion, delusion’): from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma (see phantasm).

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   What does it mean to be a 'phantom'?

   • A ‘Phantom’ or an ‘Apparition’ is a ghost or spirit and a word that we typically associate negatively with haunting and causing mischief from the other side. Wordsworth wants us to recognise this connotation as he initially feels she ‘haunt[s]’ his thoughts, as if he was obsessed with her and can’t shake her from his thoughts.

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   Where does the word Phantom come from?

   • From Middle English fantom, fantum, from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phantasma). The phantom shook his head in silent objection. The story got really scary when it talked about the phantom that was seen in the old barn. The phantom pointed to the pouch with the food cubes.

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   What is a phantom spirit?

   • PHANTOM definition: 1. a spirit of a dead person believed by some to visit the living as a pale, almost transparent…. Learn more.

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   What is a phantom image?

   • an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion. the phantom of fear. an illustration, part of which is given a transparent effect so as to permit representation of details otherwise hidden from view, as the inner workings of a mechanical device. a phantom sea serpent.

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   What is a phantom in the Bible?

   • From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol -- image, vain shew. NAS: mice and the likenesses of their tumors. KJV: of gold and the images of their emerods. NAS: You will despise their form. KJV: thou shalt despise their image.

   Strong's Hebrew: 6754. צֶ֫לֶם (tselem) -- an image - Bible Hub

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   What is a phantom and a ghost?

   • A phantom is also a ghost. The interface is parameterized by an encoding, via phantom types, of the subtyping hierarchy. Once more he starts, turns in a flash because he wants to protect himself against the phantom behind him, and - vanishes.

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   A phantom is a ghost or something that appears to exist but is not real or is imagined. Learn how to use the word phantom in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Learn the meaning of phantom as a noun and an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A phantom is something that seems to be real but is not, or something that exists only in appearance or imagination.

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   noun. a ghostly appearing figure. synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre. see more. adjective. apparently sensed but having no physical reality. “seemed to hear faint phantom bells” “the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb” synonyms: unreal. not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary. Pronunciation. US.

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   noun. an apparition or specter. an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion. a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear.

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