Definitions for apparition

Overview of noun apparition

The noun apparition has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre

(a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us")

2. apparition

(the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter")

3. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow

(something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight")

4. apparition

(an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger")