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Noun
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(n)
apparition
,
phantom
,
phantasm
,
phantasma
,
fantasm
,
specter
,
spectre
(a ghostly appearing figure)
"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
S:
(n)
apparition
(the appearance of a ghostlike figure)
"I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
S:
(n)
apparition
,
phantom
,
phantasm
,
phantasma
,
fantasm
,
shadow
(something existing in perception only)
"a ghostly apparition at midnight"
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(n)
apparition
(an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly)
"natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"