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

Cambridge Dictionary and Dictionary.com have announced their picks for the 2024 Word of the Year. For Cambridge Dictionary, their word of the year is “manifest,” which means “to use methods such as visualization and affirmation to help you imagine achieving something you want.

The Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2024 pick has no scientific validity, yet it won the mainstream media this year.

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

Both Dictionary.com and Cambridge Dictionary selected the words their editors believe were the Word of the Year for 2024.

Cambridge Dictionary has announced its 2024 word of the year. "When we choose a Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year, we have three considerations: user data, zeitgeist, and language," Wendalyn Nichols, Cambridge Dictionary’s publishing manager, said in the announcement.

Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024. On the dictionary’s website, the word has been searched for almost 130,000 times, making it one of the most viewed words of the year

Dictionary.com declared "demure" the 2024 word of the year after viral videos by TikToker Jools Lebron popularized the term.

It might have been a "brat" summer, but 2024 was all about being "demure." Dictionary.com named "demure" its word of the year Monday after seeing a "meteoric rise in usage" this year. "Demure" beat out other contenders like "brat,