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apparition
Meaning: ghostly figure that appears suddenly
apparition in a sentence
How apparition is used in real sentences:
A pale apparition appeared beside the ruined tower.
The sailor mistook a bank of fog for an apparition rising from the sea.
“When wolves vanished from the northern Rockies, they survived in local memory as an apparition glimpsed at timberline and gone before anyone could verify it.”
— from the passage The Valley Remembers
Synonyms for apparition
Other words for apparition — ghost, specter and phantom — carry the same meaning.
- ghost
- specter
- phantom
Antonyms of apparition
Words that mean the opposite of apparition:
- reality
- substance
- actuality
Where it comes from
From Latin apparitio, meaning 'appearance.'
Memory hook
APPARITION sounds like 'appearance': a ghost suddenly appears.
Practice apparition in the app