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phantom

or ڲ·ٴdz

[ fan-tuhm ]

noun

  1. an apparition or specter.
  2. an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion.
  3. a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.:

    the phantom of fear.

  4. an illustration, part of which is given a transparent effect so as to permit representation of details otherwise hidden from view, as the inner workings of a mechanical device.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a phantom; illusory:

    a phantom sea serpent.

    Synonyms:

    Antonyms: ,

  2. Electricity. noting or pertaining to a phantom circuit.
  3. named, included, or recorded but nonexistent; fictitious:

    Payroll checks were made out and cashed for phantom employees.

phantom

/ ˈæԳə /

noun

    1. an apparition or spectre
    2. ( as modifier )

      a phantom army marching through the sky

  1. the visible representation of something abstract, esp as appearing in a dream or hallucination

    phantoms of evil haunted his sleep

  2. something apparently unpleasant or horrific that has no material form
  3. med another name for manikin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹲tdz· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phantom1

1250–1300; Middle English fantosme < Middle French, Old French < Latin phantasma phantasm
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phantom1

C13: from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma phantasm
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And yes, we also exploited other countries, chased phantom ideological goals and otherwise betrayed our ideals but this was central to how we organized our tremendous military and economic power in the world.

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The Times often published the lists of their names and regiments, like a phantom roll call: the 121st Ohio, the 11th Indiana, the 29th Michigan, the 17th Kansas, the 10th Wisconsin.

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For most of the running time, it keeps politics on the margins, like a phantom presence looming over the members of one bourgeois family’s everyday lives.

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The track is alive with phantom creaks and a chilling atmosphere; it sounds like it was recorded in the attic of a haunted house.

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Too many white Americans today still fail to see clearly, and continue to chase phantoms instead of reality.

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