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phantom

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈfæntəm

Definitions

  1. A ghost or apparition
  2. A ghost or apparition.
  3. Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
  4. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion
  5. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
  6. A supernatural being, such as a ghost:apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith.
  7. A Rolls-Royce Phantom automobile.
  8. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing
  9. a ghost. The castle is said to be haunted by a phantom. spook شَبَح призрак fantasma zjevení, přízrak die Erscheinung spøgelse φάντασμαfantasma viirastus روح haamu fantômeרוח प्रेत prikaza, sablast kísértet hantu draugur, vofa fantasma 幻 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis fantoms; spoks hantu spookfantom, spøkelsewidmo بلا، شبح ، هغه خيالى شيان چه موجوديت نه لرى fantasma fantomă призрак prízrak prikazen fantom spöke, vålnad ผี hayalet, hortlak 鬼魂,幽靈 фантом, примара بھوت bóng ma 幻影,幽灵
  10. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
  11. A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue
  12. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.
  13. A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
  14. Short for phantom power
  15. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion: phantoms of a disturbed mind.
  16. Medicine A model of a human body or body part.
  17. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom: tales of a phantom ship haunting the bay.
  18. Fictitious or nonexistent, often when intended to deceive: phantom employees on the payroll; deposits in a phantom bank account.
  19. Believed to be real even though illusory: a phantom pregnancy.
  20. Being a phantom limb: a phantom arm.
  21. an apparition or spectre

Equivalents

Españolfantasma
Françaisfantôme
DeutschPhantom
28 more languages

Examples

Paul pulled out the Phantom; niggas can't stand it but them hoes gonna come out.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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