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How to pronounce apparition in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow
Type of illusion, semblance
Has types spectre, spook, ufo, unidentified flying object, wraith, flying dutchman, flying saucer, ghost, shade, specter


a ghostly apparition at midnight.
Type Words
Synonyms fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre
Type of disembodied spirit, spirit
Has types flying dutchman


we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us.
Type Words
Type of appearance
Derivation appear


natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger.
Type Words
Type of appearance


I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter.

Examples of apparition

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Stephens'business partner, Rick Herring, said he saw an apparition in the house.
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Don sees an apparition of her smiling and holding a suitcase the night she dies.
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The apparition informed us he had more right to the path than any folks living.
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An apparition of Saint Silverius called them to Palmarola, where they survived.
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A Goshen Family has identified an apparition of Banana Jeezus on their kitten.
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The apparition moved away, right through a closed door and into the Catacombs.
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Lupin helps Harry develop a Patronus, an apparition to fend off the Dementors.
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The facelike apparition turns out to be a face indeed, that of Newman himself.
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The only apparition that is potentially heaven-sent is that of Elvira's ghost.
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More examples
  • A ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
  • The appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
  • Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
  • An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"
  • (apparitional) resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
  • Apparition is a 1982 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.
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  • Phantom Girl is the alias of Tinya Wazzo. In the Post-Zero Hour continuity, she is known as Apparition. She is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine in the DC Comics universe. Phantom Girl is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. ...
  • Apparition is a Los Angeles-based film distribution company founded by Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad in 2009. It purchases, distributes and markets films of a more "art house" and "cutting-edge" flavor than do major studios. ...