spirit
spirit - English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈspɪɹɪt/
- (US) IPA: /ˈspiɹɪt/, /ˈspɪɹɪt/
- Hyphenation: spir‧it
Noun
spirit (countable and uncountable, plural spirits)
- The soul of a person or other creature.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- A wandering spirit haunts the island.
- Enthusiasm.
- School spirit is at an all-time high.
- The manner or style of something.
- In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- Energy; ardour.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
- (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits
- (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document
- (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
Derived terms
- community spirit
- despirit, dispirit (verbs)
- fighting spirit
- free spirit
- good spirits
- high spirits
- Holy Spirit
- in spirit (adverb)
- in the spirit it was meant (idiom)
- kampong spirit, kampung spirit
- kindred spirit
- methylated spirit
- motor spirit
- moving spirit
- party spirit
- petroleum spirit
- poor in spirit
- proof spirit
- pyroacetic spirit
- rectified spirit
- shad-spirit
- spirit gum
- Spirit Lake
- spirit lamp
- spirit level
- spirit of hartshorn
- spirit of salt
- spirit of the law
- spirit of turpentine
- spirit of vitriol
- spirit of wine
- spirit rapper, spirit rapping
- spirit stove
- spirit world
- spirit writing
- spirit-filled
- spiritdom
- spirited
- spiriten
- spiritful
- spirithood
- spiritish
- spiritless
- spiritlike
- spiritling
- spiritly
- spiritness
- spiritous
- spiritship
- spiritsome
- spiritual
- spirituality
- spiritually
- surgical spirit
- team spirit
- that's the spirit
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- white spirit
- wood spirit
- zombie spirit
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Verb
spirit (third-person singular simple present spirits, present participle spiriting, simple past and past participle spirited)
- To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
- Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
- Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.
Derived terms
- spirit away
- spirit off
Anagrams
spirit - Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈspirɪt̪̚]
- Hyphenation: spi‧rit
Noun
spirit (plural spirit-spirit, first-person possessive spiritku, second-person possessive spiritmu, third-person possessive spiritnya)
- spirit:
- the soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
- a supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- (figurative) enthusiasm, energy; ardour.
Related terms
spirit - Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈspirit/
Noun
spirit n (plural spirite)
Declension
Synonyms
- (spirit, ghost): duh
Related terms
spirit - Tok Pisin
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Noun
spirit
- spirit (physical form of God)