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 has chosen "manifest" as its 2024 Word of the Year, driven by its popularity among Gen-Z embracing the concept of manifestation. The word, meaning to imagine something to increase its likelihood of happening,

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.

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

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

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.

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