phenomenon
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
Noun 4 meanings
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).
“An electromagnetic phenomenon.”
A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
“A volcanic eruption is an impressive phenomenon.”
Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
Etymology
From Late Latin phaenomenon (“appearance”), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”), neuter present middle participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
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PHENOMENON at a glance
PHENOMENON has 10 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (P 3 + H 4 + E 1 + N 1 + O 1 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 21 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,725 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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