What does Spirit mean?
Definitions for Spirit
ˈspɪr ɪtSpir·it
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Spirit.
Princeton's WordNet
spirit(noun)
the vital principle or animating force within living things
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell(noun)
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
"the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
spirit(noun)
a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
spirit, disembodied spirit(noun)
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
emotional state, spirit(noun)
the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
"his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
intent, purport, spirit(noun)
the intended meaning of a communication
liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness(noun)
animation and energy in action or expression
"it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
heart, spirit(verb)
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
"he had a change of heart"
spirit, spirit up, inspirit(verb)
infuse with spirit
"The company spirited him up"
Wiktionary
spirit(Noun)
The undying essence of a human. The soul.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
spirit(Noun)
A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
spirit(Noun)
enthusiasm
School spirit is at an all-time high.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
spirit(Noun)
The manner or style of something.
In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
spirit(Noun)
A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
spirit(Noun)
Energy.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
spirit(Verb)
To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
Spirit(ProperNoun)
(Holy) Spirit: in Christian theology, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, the three aspects of God
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
Spirit(ProperNoun)
the Devil.
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
Spirit(ProperNoun)
The name given to a Mars exploration rover launched June 10, 2003. See wikipedia entry
Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).
Webster Dictionary
Spirit(noun)
air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself
Spirit(noun)
a rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing
Spirit(noun)
life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter
Spirit(noun)
the intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material
Spirit(noun)
specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body
Spirit(noun)
any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf
Spirit(noun)
energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc
Spirit(noun)
one who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
Spirit(noun)
temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits
Spirit(noun)
intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like
Spirit(noun)
tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities
Spirit(noun)
any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural
Spirit(noun)
rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors
Spirit(noun)
a solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture
Spirit(noun)
any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment)
Spirit(noun)
stannic chloride. See under Stannic
Spirit(verb)
to animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up
Spirit(verb)
to convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off
Freebase
Spirit
The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the consciousness or personality. The notions of a person's spirit and soul often also overlap, as both contrast with body and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism, and "spirit" can also have the sense of "ghost", i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person. The term may also refer to any incorporeal or immaterial being, such as demons or deities, in Christianity specifically the Holy Spirit experienced by the disciples at Pentecost.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Spirit
spir′it, n. vital force: the soul: a ghost: mental disposition: enthusiasm, animation, courage, mettle: real meaning: essence, chief quality: a very lively person: any volatile, inflammable liquid obtained by distillation, as brandy: (pl.) intellectual activity: liveliness: persons with particular qualities of mind: mental excitement: spirituous liquors.—v.t. to inspirit, encourage, cheer: to convey away secretly, to kidnap.—ns. Spir′it-blue, an aniline blue obtained from coal-tar; Spir′it-duck, the buffle-head, from its rapid diving.—adj. Spir′ited, full of spirit, life, or fire: animated.—adv. Spir′itedly.—n. Spir′itedness.—adj. Spir′itful.—n. Spir′iting, the office of a spirit or sprite; Spir′itism=Spiritualism; Spir′itist=Spiritualist; Spir′it-lamp, a lamp in which alcohol is burned, generally used for heating.—adj. Spir′itless, without spirit, cheerfulness, or courage: dejected: dead.—adv. Spir′itlessly.—ns. Spir′itlessness, the state of being spiritless: want of animation or energy; Spir′it-lev′el, in surveying, a cylindrical glass tube, slightly convex on one side, and so nearly filled with alcohol that only a small bubble of air remains inside—from the position of the bubble the amount of variation from perfect levelness is determined.—adj. Spir′itous, of the nature of spirit, pure: ardent, spirituous.—ns. Spir′itousness; Spir′it-rap′per, one to whom spirits convey intelligence by raps or knocks; Spir′it-rap′ping.—adjs. Spir′it-stir′ring, rousing the spirit; Spir′itūal, consisting of spirit: having the nature of a spirit: immaterial: relating to the mind: intellectual: pertaining to the soul: holy: divine: relating to sacred things: not lay or temporal.—n. Spiritualisā′tion.—v.t. Spir′itūalise, to make spiritual: to imbue with spirituality: to refine: to free from sensuality: to give a spiritual meaning to.—ns. Spir′itualiser; Spir′itualism, a being spiritual: the philosophical doctrine that nothing is real but soul or spirit: the doctrine that spirit has a real existence apart from matter: the name applied to a varied series of abnormal phenomena purporting to be for the most part caused by spiritual beings acting upon specially sensitive persons or mediums; Spir′itūalist, one who has a regard only to spiritual things: one who holds the doctrine of spiritualism or spiritism.—adj. Spiritūalist′ic, relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.—n. Spiritūal′ity, state of being spiritual: essence distinct from matter.—adv. Spir′itūally.—ns. Spir′itūal-mind′edness, the state of having holy affections
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Spirit
in philosophy and theology is the Divine mind incarnating itself in the life of a man, and breathing in all he thinks and does, and so is as the life-principle of it; employed also to denote any active dominating and pervading principle of life inspired from any quarter whatever and coming to light in the conduct.
Editors Contribution
spirit
Energy in action or expression.
The spirit of the day was described so beautifully - unity, love, sharing and supporting.
Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019spirit
The accurate and specific qualities and energy within living organisms, animals, human beings, universal beings, our soul, mind, memory and consciousness.
Their spirit was lively, fun and playful as they wanted it to be.
Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019spirit
The accurate and specific qualities and energy within living things, animals and beings.
Their spirit was lively, fun and playful as they wanted it to be.
Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019spirit
The intended meaning of a communication or message.
The spirit of the message was one of peace, fun, laughter, joy, abundance, love and unity.
Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Spirit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1631
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Spirit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1554
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Spirit' in Nouns Frequency: #572
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Spirit in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Spirit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Spirit in a Sentence
(The choice) became much less difficult once some inconsistencies started coming out about Cruz's position on amnesty, on building that wall (along the Mexican border), and securing our jobs and our homes via tighter borders, you know, I just started looking a little bit closer and realizing we just don't need more of the same. We need that fresh, energetic, can-do spirit that Trump has brought with him from the private sector, which I love. So yeah, end of the day, it wasn't a tough decision.
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller:
Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.
Mercy Fitzgerald nurses will vote on whether to ratify this agreement on November 12, we remain fully committed to negotiating in good faith with the union leaders that represent the nurses at St Mary in the spirit of obtaining a fair, consistent and sustainable agreement for our St. Mary nurses as well. We are finalizing our contingency plans to ensure we can continue to serve our communities with safe, high-quality care and minimize disruptions for those we serve. We do not anticipate any interruptions of services at this point. We will keep our community informed as we move forward.
What can be more reasonable than that when crowds of them [immigrants] come here, they should be forced to renounce everything contrary to the spirit of the Constitution[?]
Every time you deny a desire, ignore a passion, neglect a true calling or silence a truth within you, your SPIRIT fades. Follow your BLISS!
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Translations for Spirit
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- gees, spiritusAfrikaans
- روحArabic
- esperitCatalan, Valencian
- duchCzech
- gwirodWelsh
- alkohol, sprit, mod, ånd, kraft, spiritus, liv, sjælDanish
- Geist, Schnaps, Sprit, Seele, AlkoholGerman
- πνεύμα, οινόπνευμαGreek
- spiritoEsperanto
- bebida espirituosa, alma, espíritu, alcoholSpanish
- vaim, hing, viinEstonian
- روان, روح, الکل, مینوPersian
- tapa, haamu, alkoholi, viina, henkiolento, henki, pirtu, sielu, spriiFinnish
- élan, esprit, moral, spiritueuxFrench
- geastWestern Frisian
- spioradIrish
- misneachd, tannasg, smior, anam, aigne, spiorad, sgàile, meanmna, spailp, taibhseScottish Gaelic
- espíritoGalician
- רוח, ספירטHebrew
- आत्माHindi
- kedv, szellem, alkohol, lélek, szeszes italHungarian
- ոգիArmenian
- spiritoInterlingua
- semangat, jiwa, ruhIndonesian
- spiritoItalian
- רוחHebrew
- 妖怪, 精神Japanese
- სპირტი, სულიGeorgian
- ព្រលឹងKhmer
- ಆತ್ಮKannada
- 귀신, 굿것, 넋, 기풍, 얼, 주정, 정신, 알코올Korean
- animus, spiritus, alcohol, geniusLatin
- Geescht, SéilLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- šmėkla, dvasiaLithuanian
- dvēsele, garsLatvian
- wairua, apahauMāori
- geest, zielDutch
- sjel, ånd, sprit, spiritNorwegian
- níłchʼiNavajo, Navaho
- alkohol, dusza, spirytus, duchPolish
- espírito, ânimo, jeito, álcoolPortuguese
- spirit, duh, suflet, tărieRomanian
- дух, спирт, привидение, душа, алкогольRussian
- duh, alkoholSerbo-Croatian
- duchSlovak
- duh, špirit, dušaSlovene
- shpirtAlbanian
- moyaSouthern Sotho
- anda, själ, sprit, ande, alkohol, vålnadSwedish
- pepo, rohoSwahili
- ஆவிTamil
- గుండె ధైర్యము, అత్యుత్సాహవంతుడు, కుతూహలము, వ్యక్తిత్వము, ఆత్మTelugu
- วิญญาณThai
- espiritu, multo, kaluluwaTagalog
- ruhTurkish
- духUkrainian
- روحUrdu
- Tinh thầnVietnamese
- גייַסטYiddish
- 精神Chinese
- umoyaZulu
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