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to manifest

to manifest

16 7.5
To officially list people and goods for a ship or plane
  • verb
  • /ˈmænɪfɛst/
  • Formal
translation icon : inscribir en el manifiesto
  • The crew needs to manifest the supplies on board for the upcoming voyage.

Examples

  • Before departure, the airline must manifest all passengers and crew members.

  • Did you even check the goddamn crew manifest?

  • Give me your licence and manifest, boy.

  • "Excuse me, but I also came to check the crew manifests and see if anyone needs environmental crew.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The sailing manifests prove it.

  • Looks like just shipping manifests.

  • Downloading all train, plane, and truck manifests.

  • You should take it to your office, run the numbers and, uh, check the names against the passenger manifests in and out of Brussels in the days surrounding the flight.

  • However, in Ancestry.com's "Crew Lists" file, ship manifests from May 1947 show Koistinen serving as a wiper aboard the S.S. MORMACPENN.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The captain will manifest the cargo before the ship sets sail.

Synonyms

to docket
vsto manifest
  • Formal
1 8.4

To put a case or document on an official court list

records transport items rather than legal cases or schedules
to item
vsto manifest
1 6.7

List something separately in a document or record

records entries specifically for transport cargo or passengers officially

Compounds

3 9.5

A belief that the United States should expand west across the continent and that this is right and will happen

Surface Forms

manifest infinitive
manifested past
manifested past participle
manifesting present participle
manifests third person singular

Etymology

Manifest (to record cargo) comes from a Latin verb meaning 'to make visible' and the root manus 'hand'. To manifest goods was to write them down so they were officially 'in hand' and allowed to travel, which is why the verb means to list or record items.