Stars 'manifested' Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year - and it was looked up more than 350 times a day

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 captures what was happening in that year? And what is interesting about this word from a language point of view

said Wendalyn Nichols, the publishing manager at Cambridge Dictionary, in the announcement

I am so lucky; everything works out for me."

The platform encouraged women to manifest by repeating the phrase

It was my first world championship: I was 16, I had just won it and my teammates made a fake Wheaties box for me and put my picture on it

The four-gold Olympic medalist said

Simone Bilesgymnast

If you look at your overall goal package, it can get stressful and overwhelming, so that's why I split it into the two

In an online masterclass, Simone said

Cynthia Erivoco-star

The part was made for you.

Even her co-star Cynthia Erivo acknowledged the significance of Ariana's casting, sending her a bouquet of flowers with a note that read

It feels so good to be up here with you guys

While headlining Glastonbury, Dua told the roaring crowd

Manifesting gained tremendous popularity during the pandemic on TikTok with billions of views, including the popular 3-6-9 method which calls for writing down your wishes three times in the morning, six times in the afternoon and nine times before bed.

Dr van der Linden continued

Chris Martinfrontman

Coldplay are going to go on to be such a huge band

In the grainy recording, Chris said

Since I was very little, I've jotted down things I dreamt for myself,

the songwriter said in an interview with Time Magazine

Think of the dangerous idea that you can cure serious diseases simply by wishing them away

However, the academic warned

You repeat it to yourself every day

In a 2011 interview, the Born This Way singer said

Loved seeing Wicked again... amazing production!

Continuing to manifest the role, in 2011, the Love Me Harder singer tweeted

Happiness has three aspects: positive emotion, engagement and meaning, each of which feeds into life satisfaction and is measured entirely by subjective report.

He wrote

Manifesting is a big thing for me. I stand very firmly in the belief of putting things into the world. Subconsciously, you just work towards them. Nothing’s ever too big.”

The singer Dua Lipa has attributed her success – which included headlining Glastonbury in June – to manifesting, saying

And in this she manifests herself to my love.”

In King Lear, the Duke of Albany denounces Edmund for his “heinous, manifest, and many treasons”, while Twelfth Night’s tragi-comic figure Malvolio delights in supposed praise of his yellow stockings from Olivia, saying

Elton Johnsir

In this was manifested the love of God towards us.”

The King James Bible of 1611 translates the first epistle of John to read

William Shakespeareactor in numerous

For it appears, by manifest proceeding, that ... thou hast contrived against the very life of the defendant.”

William Shakespeare used manifest as an adjective in The Merchant of Venice

Its use widened greatly across all types of media due to events in 2024, and it shows how the meanings of a word can change over time,

Nichols said

Manifesting is what psychologists call ‘magical thinking’ or the general illusion that specific mental rituals can change the world around us,

he said