Cambridge Dictionary has announced its 2024 word of the year is "manifest," a formal 600-year-old word that's been given new life as Olympians, entertainers and social media influencers increasingly claim they channel their wishes into realities.

Cambridge Dictionary has put it out to the universe, naming “manifest” as its word of the year for 2024.

Mentions of the term surged during the pandemic and have continued to grow, particularly on TikTok and other social media platforms.

Cambridge Dictionary has chosen its word the year, and it's manifest. It beat out brat (inspired by Charli XCX 's album of the same name), ecotarian, and resilience.

Manifest” has been named Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year for 2024 – despite academics admitting the concept of manifesting your own success has no scientific validity.

From Chaucer and Shakespeare to Dua Lipa and Simone Biles - the meaning of the word and how it's used has changed over the years.

Manifest,” of course, has multiple meanings—but the one driving this choice is “using methods of visualization and affirmation to imagine what you want, and the belief that doing so will make it more likely to happen.