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soul
What does soul mean?
soul (noun): the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce soul?
/soʊl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does soul come from?
From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of soul?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “soul” mean?
a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes
Not quite: that's what class means.
a long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost
Not quite: that's what post means.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
Right! That's what “soul” means.
the outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human
Not quite: that's what skin means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “soul”?
season
Not quite: season means something else.
psyche
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course
Not quite: course means something else.
school
Not quite: school means something else.
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