- a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith: a ghostly apparition at midnight.
- anything that appears, especially something remarkable or startling: the surprising apparition of cowboys in New York City.
- an act of appearing; manifestation.
- the appearance or time when a comet, especially a periodic one, is visible: the 1986 apparition of Halley's comet.
- an appearance, esp of a ghost or ghostlike figure
- the figure so appearing; phantom; spectre
- the act of appearing or being visible
