| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibition, proof |
| Synonyms: | appearance, demonstration, disclosure, display, explanation, exposure, expression, indication, instance, mark, materialization, meaning, phenomenon, revelation, show, sign, symptom, token |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, hiding, obscurity, vagueness |
| Concept: | Manifestation. |
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-nouns
manifestation; plainness adj.; plain speaking; expression; showing; exposition, demonstration; exhibition, production; display, show; showing off; premonstration. [Thing shown] exhibit., indication (calling attention to). publicity [more]; disclosure; openness (honesty), (artlessness) [more]; épanchement.
-verbs
make manifest, render manifest; bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, show up ; expose; produce; hold up to view, expose to view; set before one, place before one, lay before one, one's eyes; tell to one's face; trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display, demonstrate, unroll; lay open; draw out, bring out; bring out in strong relief; call into notice, bring into notice; hold up the mirror; wear one's heart upon his sleeve; show one's face, show one's colors; manifest oneself; speak out; make no mystery, make no secret of; unfurl the flag; proclaim (publish)., indicate (direct attention to); disclose; elicit., be manifest; appear (be visible); transpire (be disclosed); speak for itself, stand to reason; stare one in the face, rear its head; give token, give sign, give indication of; tell its own tale (intelligible).
-adjectives
manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced., flagrant; notorious (public); arrant; stark staring; unshaded, glaring., defined, definite., distinct, conspicuous (visible); obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical; intelligible., plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday; plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church.
-adverbs
manifestly, openly; before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, aboveboard, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets; in market overt; in the face of day, face of heaven; in broad daylight, in open daylight; without reserve; at first blush, prima facie, on the face of; in set terms.
-phrases
cela saute aux yeux; he that runs may read; you can see it with half an eye; it needs no ghost to tell us [Hamlet]; the meaning lies on the surface; cela va sans dire; res ipsa loquitur; "clothing the palpable and familiar" [Coleridge]; fari quae
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| Antonyms: | latency |
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| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming into sight |
| Synonyms: | actualization, advent, appearing, arrival, coming, debut, display, emergence, entrance, exhibition, introduction, manifestation, materialization, presence, presentation, representation, rise, showing up, turning up, unveiling |
| Antonyms: | absence, departure, disappearance, leaving |
| Main Entry: | demonstration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, confirmation, description, evidence, exhibition, explanation, exposition, expression, illustration, induction, manifestation, presentation, proof, show, spectacle, substantiation, test, testimony, trial, validation |
| Antonyms: | concealment, hiding |
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public showing; spectacle |
| Synonyms: | act, affectation, arrangement, array, arrayal, blaze, bravura, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, expo, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, for show, frame-up, frippery, front, grandstand play, layout, manifestation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, pretentiousness, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, showboat, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, unfolding, vanity |
| Antonyms: | hiding |
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, attestation, averment, cincher, clincher, clue, confirmation, corroboration, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, documentation, dope*, goods*, gospel, grabber, grounds, index, indication, indicia, info, information, manifestation, mark, sign, significant, smoking gun, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness |
| Notes: | evidence (from Latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, disproof, heresay, refutation |
| Main Entry: | exhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | showing, demonstration |
| Synonyms: | a scene, advertisement, airing, an act, carnival, display, exhibit, expo, exposition, fair, fireworks, flash*, front*, manifestation, offering, pageant, performance, presentation, representation, show, sight, spectacle |
| Main Entry: | exposure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncovering; putting in view or danger |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, airing, baring, betrayal, confession, defenselessness, denudation, denunciation, disclosure, display, divulgence, divulging, exhibition, exposé, giveaway, hazard, introduction, jeopardy, laying open, liability, manifestation, nakedness, openness, peril, presentation, publicity, revelation, risk, showing, susceptibility, susceptiveness, susceptivity, unfolding, unmasking, unveiling, vulnerability, vulnerableness |
| Antonyms: | concealment, covering, hiding |
| Main Entry: | fact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | event; detail of action |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, actuality, adventure, affair, being, case, circumstance, conception, consideration, construction, creation, data, datum, deed, entity, episode, evidence, experience, factor, fait accompli, feature, happening, incident, information, item, manifestation, occurrence, organism, particular, performance, phenomenon, point, proceeding, specific, statistic, transaction, truism |
| Antonyms: | lie |