noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, especially that of a political party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
the Communist Manifesto
A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To issue a manifesto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pronunciamento
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declaration
Narrower terms: Communist Manifesto
History
Etymology
Since the mid 17th century, from Italian manifesto, from manifestare + -o, from Latin manifestō (“to make public”), from Latin manus + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifest.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
manifest
— public declaration
Arabic:
بَيَان
(bayān)
— public declaration
Armenian:
մանիֆեստ
(manifest)
— public declaration
Azerbaijani:
fərman-hümayun
— public declaration
Azerbaijani:
manifest
— public declaration
Azerbaijani:
bəyannamə
— public declaration
Belarusian:
маніфе́ст
(manifjést)
— public declaration
Belarusian:
маніфэ́ст
(manifést)
— public declaration
Bengali:
বয়ান
(boẏan)
— public declaration
Bengali:
ইশতেহার
(iśtehar)
— public declaration
Bulgarian:
манифе́ст
(manifést)
— public declaration
Bulgarian:
изявле́ние
(izjavlénie)
— public declaration
Catalan:
manifest
— public declaration
Chinese Mandarin:
宣言
(xuānyán)
— public declaration
Chinese Mandarin:
公告
(gōnggào)
— public declaration
Chinese Mandarin:
告示
(gàoshì)
— public declaration
Chinese Mandarin:
聲明 /声明
(shēngmíng)
— public declaration
Czech:
manifest
— public declaration
Danish:
manifest
— public declaration
Danish:
udtalelse
— public declaration
Dutch:
manifest
— public declaration
Estonian:
manifest
— public declaration
Finnish:
manifesti
— public declaration
Finnish:
ohjelmajulistus
— public declaration
French:
manifeste
— public declaration
Georgian:
მანიფესტი
(manipesṭi)
— public declaration
German:
Manifest
— public declaration
Greek:
μανιφέστο
(manifésto)
— public declaration
Gujarati:
જાહેરનામું
(jāhernāmũ)
— public declaration
Hebrew:
מִנְשָׁר
(minshár)
— public declaration
Hebrew:
מָניפֶסט
— public declaration
Hindi:
घोषणापत्र
(ghoṣṇāpatra)
— public declaration
Hungarian:
kiáltvány
— public declaration
Icelandic:
stefnuyfirlýsing
— public declaration
Indonesian:
manifesto
— public declaration
Indonesian:
manifes
— public declaration
Italian:
manifesto
— public declaration
Japanese:
檄
(geki)
— public declaration
Japanese:
檄文
(gekibun)
— public declaration
Japanese:
マニフェスト
(manifesuto)
— public declaration
Japanese:
宣言
(sengen)
— public declaration
Kazakh:
манифест
(manifest)
— public declaration
Khmer:
និវេទនប័ណ្ណ
(niveitĕəʼnĕəʼban)
— public declaration
Korean:
선언
(seoneon)
— public declaration
Korean:
성명서
(seongmyeongseo)
— public declaration
Korean:
공약
(gong'yak)
— public declaration
Kyrgyz:
манифест
(manifest)
— public declaration
Lao:
ຖະແຫຼງການ
(tha ngrǣ kān)
— public declaration
Latvian:
manifests
— public declaration
Lithuanian:
manifestas
— public declaration
Macedonian:
ма́нифест
(mánifest)
— public declaration
Mongolian:
тунхаг
(tunxag)
— public declaration
Norwegian Bokmål:
manifest
— public declaration
Norwegian Nynorsk:
manifest
— public declaration
Persian:
مانیفست
(mânifest)
— public declaration
Polish:
manifest
— public declaration
Portuguese:
manifesto
— public declaration
Romanian:
manifest
— public declaration
Russian:
манифе́ст
(manifést)
— public declaration
Serbo-Croatian:
манѝфест
— public declaration
Serbo-Croatian:
manìfest
— public declaration
Slovak:
manifest
— public declaration
Slovene:
manifest
— public declaration
Spanish:
manifiesto
— public declaration
Swedish:
manifest
— public declaration
Tajik:
манифест
(manifest)
— public declaration
Thai:
แถลงการณ์
(tà-lɛ̌ɛng-gaan)
— public declaration
Turkish:
manifesto
— public declaration
Ukrainian:
маніфе́ст
(manifést)
— public declaration
