'Manifest' is the 2024 word of the year
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Celebrities love to say it, and it seems like lots of other people do to.
The word 'manifest' has been announced as Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year, who add that they will include a new definition of the word in their dictionaries.
While the word itself is not new, the way the word is used by celebrities and influencers is.
It's almost as if a new definition of "manifest" has been "manifested" into existence.
But what does manifest even mean?
Dua Lipa said she "manifested" her Glastonbury headline slot years before it happened
What does 'manifest' mean?
Manifest can be a noun or used as a verb.
A manifest can describe a list of goods or objects to be carried on a plane or ship.
And the verb "to manifest" can also mean "to show something clearly through signs of actions".
But now "to manifest" has developed a brand new definition - which is to imagine something into reality.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment define this new definition as "to imagine achieving something you want, in the belief the doing so will make it more likely to happen".
Which celebrities like to say 'manifest'?
Celebs including Olympians, professional footballers and music artists have also put their success down to "manifesting".
During her headline Glastonbury slot, Dua Lipa told the crowd that she had "written this moment down" - as a kind of prediction for her future.
“Manifesting is a big thing for me," she said.
"I stand very firmly in the belief of putting things into the world."
However, there is no scientific evidence that manifesting creates more success in people's lives.
Social psychology professor Dr Sander van der Linden from the University of Cambridge said while research showed there were lots of benefits to positive thinking, he warned that there was no scientific evidence that "manifesting wealth, love, and power" can make something happen.
Have you ever "manifested" anything good into reality? Or has something brilliant happened that you wished for?
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