Cambridge Dictionary has named 'manifest' as its word of the year for 2024. 

Manifest was looked up almost 1,30,000 times on the Cambridge Dictionary website, making it one of the most viewed words of 2024.  According In 2024, the word manifest jumped from being mainly used in the self-help community and on social media to being mentioned widely across mainstream media.

In 2024, the word manifest jumped from being mainly used in the self-help community and on social media to being mentioned widely across mainstream media, stated the announcement from Cambridge Dictionary.

The note added, "From late July to early September 2024, the Olympics and Paralympics brought worldwide attention to manifesting, with gold medal winners like Simone Biles, Ezra Frech, and Mallory Weggemann attributing their achievement to the practice."

Other famous artists like Dua Lipa also used the term.

"Earlier in the year, fans of Sabrina Carpenter called her a 'manifesting queen' for her Eras Tour appearance with Taylor Swift, and Dua Lipa said she manifested her concert for a crowd of more than 1,00,000 at the Glastonbury Festival."

Lookups of manifest increased around the date of 8/8/2024, which was considered a particularly powerful day for manifesting, keeping the many podcasts, blogs, and social media feeds buzzing with advice about how to 'manifest your best life', according to Cambridge Dictionary.

Wendalyn Nichols, publishing manager, Cambridge Dictionary, said, “ When we choose a Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year, we have three considerations: user data, zeitgeist, and language. What word was looked up the most, or spiked? Which one really captures what was happening in that year? And what is interesting about this word from a language point of view? Manifest won this year because it increased notably in lookups, its use widened greatly across all types of media, and it shows how the meanings of a word can change over time.”

Shortlists for the 'word of the year included' brat, ecotarian, resilience. 

The word of the year for 2023 was hallucinate.