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ghost
What does ghost mean?
ghost (noun): a disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use ghost in a sentence?
- Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce ghost?
/ɡoʊst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ghost come from?
The noun is derived from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst, gǣst (“breath, spirit, soul, ghost”) (compare Modern English Holy Ghost).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to ghost
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ghost” mean?
the act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit
Not quite: that's what quest means.
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
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a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it
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a disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death
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