Definitions for spirit
ˈspɪr ɪtspir·it

Princeton's WordNet(3.64 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spirit(noun)

   the vital principle or animating force within living things

2. 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"

3. spirit(noun)

   a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

4. spirit, disembodied spirit(noun)

   any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

5. 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"

6. intent, purport, spirit(noun)

   the intended meaning of a communication

7. 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"

8. heart, spirit(verb)

   an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

   "he had a change of heart"

9. spirit, spirit up, inspirit(verb)

   infuse with spirit

   "The company spirited him up"

Wiktionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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).

2. 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).

3. 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).

4. 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).

5. 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).

6. spirit(Noun)

   Energy.

   Etymology: from spiritus. Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spiro. Displaced native Middle English gast (from Old English gast).

7. 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).

8. 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).

9. 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).

10. 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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Spirit(noun)

   air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself

2. Spirit(noun)

   a rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing

3. 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

4. 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

5. Spirit(noun)

   specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body

6. Spirit(noun)

   any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf

7. Spirit(noun)

   energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Spirit(noun)

    tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities

12. 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

13. Spirit(noun)

    rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors

14. Spirit(noun)

    a solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture

15. Spirit(noun)

    any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment)

16. Spirit(noun)

    stannic chloride. See under Stannic

17. 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

18. 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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. spirit

   Energy in action or expression.

   The spirit of the day was described so beautifully - unity, love, sharing and caring.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019  

2. spirit

   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, 2019  

3. spirit

   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, 2019  

4. spirit

   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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1. spirit

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spirit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1631

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spirit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1554

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spirit' in Nouns Frequency: #572

How to pronounce spirit?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say spirit in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spirit in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spirit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of spirit in a Sentence

1. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   1. Steampunk socialization of personality is a carefully controlled animatronics of logic in the human psyche, in which a cyberpunk of another’s imagination is formed. 2. To understand yourself, you just need to put a small doll in the form of a clown on your hand so as not to go crazy, and on your second hand a toy sock, do not give them alternative personalities, but make them an extension of your soul to see yourself from the outside and listen to yourself. Your alternative personalities will help you understand yourself, but do not allow personalities to multiply by budding. 3. The same life every time in a new birth, the same dream, you either become a philosopher or find yourself insane, maybe we are ghosts locked in their time and everything repeats and we are holograms of memories of us, but in any case, you in a temporary trap where you need to learn one lesson: life without sins. Oblivion here is a dead loop of memory that gives a chance to rethink everything that was in your life, erasing memory as an anesthetic and antidepressant of the psyche, but oblivion prevents you from understanding a cruel joke about yourself. 4. The aphorism of philosophy is one of the many computer codes that turns into the algorithm of power over you in the subconscious. Starting to think in your own way, you disconnect from the network of global thinking and you are considered a defective crazy person whose logic algorithms whose name is deactivated are deactivated. 5. Better than money, only their lifelong dreams govern people. 6. Awareness of the name of his will and the interaction of the race of vision, a sincere world without selfishness. The reality of humanity will finally be included in the network and telephone communications of empathy. 7. The human world is a magnificent shadow theater, which demonstrates a truly brutal show. 8. Self-hypnosis stickers peel off from your brain over time. 9. The philosophy of good and light is an acupuncture of thinking, wellness acupuncture, the direction of the flow of worldview. 10. Silence makes you dumb, vulnerable and so brilliant. 11. Sleepy paralysis of laziness in the psyche of people is parasitized by fear. Whereas dreams are the levitation of the body in reality while the person is sleeping. 12. Life is like a children's dollhouse of a princess, where the whole machine form of zombies of life is visible in the palm of your hand, in this house and home and work, you are not asked for permission, you only have the inevitability and the schedule of the intended, vicious circle of the law of meanness, repeating deja vu dream samsara’s wheels like a hamster’s wheel is like a treadmill in the gym, you run to your goals, but you run on the spot. You hold your figure, that is, your body as a voodoo doll of self-deception. There is also a secret room where disputes with oneself do not cease, there are such rooms as reality, dreams, dreams. All life is a children's toy of higher powers, it is very similar to a hamster cage with pipes of illusions, it is a karmic cage of ironic humor about materialism. All this was created to understand a person, it is impossible to understand that until the end, because it will forever change depending on new and new accidents. 13. Any industry is a gas burner of angry motivation of the authorities. 14. Will is a shotgun as a very fantastic cosmo-blaster made of beautiful carved snow-white bones with an open jaw on the skull at the end. Weapons shooting energy of the spirit. 15. In this great crush of egoism, a lot of people die. 16. Reflective neurons are reflected from the neurons of other people. When approaching danger, it’s like glowing warning road signs of fear, in the pitch darkness of self-deception. All this is an empathy of fear, that very feeling when the feeling of true friendship, love, empathy in the claws of danger intensifies. 17. The pain of awareness, as if shot from a shotgun to the knee, you feel the infernal pain of insight, you feel the bloody taste of truth in your mouth. You can shout out all fear, but you will never be able to sober up from it to the end because fear is like saliva in your mouth. You are surrounded by a sound bomb, a lethal dose of the sound of laughter of the indifference of reality that will blow up the universe of mankind, you will only have a skeleton that will someday turn into a stone of eternal memory, flesh will grow flowers, and your spirit will turn into memoirs of planet earth. 18. The gloom of loneliness will give either holiness or madness. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

2. Salman Rushdie:

   Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart.

3. Ansel Adams:

   Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

4. Adam Paoli:

   That competitive spirit doesn't die in Erin Sinclair.

5. Thomas Bach:

   These refugee athletes will show the world that despite the unimaginable tragedies that they have faced, anyone can contribute to society through their talent, skills and strength of the human spirit.

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