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Word entry · 10 letters

phenomenon

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"Notable occurrence"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/Part of speech nounSorted eehmnnnoopStarts with PEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

Word origin

From Late Latin phaenomenon (“appearance”), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”), neuter present middle participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).

Used in a sentence

  • The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.
  • The Indians, making a hasty inference from a trivial phenomenon, arrived unawares at a probably correct conclusion.
  • In the sense in which we are using the term, the intellectuals are in fact a fairly new phenomenon of history.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Notable occurrence10 letters
02Observable event10 letters

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