Spirit
noun
The part of a person that includes their mind and feelings.
I admire his strong spirit.
Often appears as...
- free spirit
- kindred spirit
noun
A person's character or attitude.
She has a competitive spirit.
Often appears as...
- team spirit
- spirit of cooperation
noun
Strong alcoholic drink.
He asked for a glass of spirit.
Often appears as...
- spirit drink
- high spirit
noun
A supernatural being.
They say the house is haunted by spirits.
Often appears as...
- evil spirit
- holy spirit
noun
The real purpose of something.
The spirit of the law is to ensure justice.
Often appears as...
- spirit of the rule
- spirit of the agreement
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
verb
To carry someone away quickly.
The child was spirited away by his father.
Often appears as...
- spirited away
- spirited off
noun
The part of a person that includes their mind and feelings.
I admire his strong spirit.
Often appears as...
- free spirit
- kindred spirit
noun
A person's character or attitude.
She has a competitive spirit.
Often appears as...
- team spirit
- spirit of cooperation
noun
Strong alcoholic drink.
He asked for a glass of spirit.
Often appears as...
- spirit drink
- high spirit
noun
A supernatural being.
They say the house is haunted by spirits.
Often appears as...
- evil spirit
- holy spirit
noun
The real purpose of something.
The spirit of the law is to ensure justice.
Often appears as...
- spirit of the rule
- spirit of the agreement
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
verb
To carry someone away quickly.
The child was spirited away by his father.
Often appears as...
- spirited away
- spirited off
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Inner Strength
Refers to personal qualities like courage and resilience.
She showed great spirit facing her challenges.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-Physical
Has no physical form, but is felt emotionally and mentally.
The team's spirit boosted as they cheered.
Pro Tip 1/2Inner Strength
Refers to personal qualities like courage and resilience.
She showed great spirit facing her challenges.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-Physical
Has no physical form, but is felt emotionally and mentally.
The team's spirit boosted as they cheered.
Pro Tip 1/2Inner Strength
Refers to personal qualities like courage and resilience.
She showed great spirit facing her challenges.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-Physical
Has no physical form, but is felt emotionally and mentally.
The team's spirit boosted as they cheered.
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The terrors of sleep...
at least once in their life. This panic-inducing episode of coming face-to-face with the creatures from your nightmares can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis
Video examples
Handraising Twin Tiger...
So, we're calling this one Spot for the time being and this one Stripe. And he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother. He is going to be a challenge, I can see it already. See what I mean about being stroppy? Aren't you? Yeah. That's good, you've got spirit.
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Bring on the learning...
But it's not only about that. It's about passion. Often, people are good at things they don't really care for. It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our energy. And if you're doing the thing that you love to do, that you're good at, time takes a different course entirely.
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New Zealand's Stunning...
And this spirit really went through all the people we met, all the regions. There seems to be the mix of pride and welcome that felt truly special as a traveler. People have gone out of their way to help me understand, and talk about their history, their culture.
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Should we be looking for...
character, or intentions of the first form of life we discover. So it's a risk to turn our eyes outwards. We risk our very way of life. But it may be a greater risk not to look, to deny the very pioneering spirits that help shape our own species.
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Adorable Tiger Cub...
and this one strike and he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother he is going to be a challenge i can see it already see what i mean about being strobby aren't you yeah that's good you've got spirit
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The real meaning of soul...
vitality isn't that what we need when we talk about soul we need to make it spirited again give it guts again give it lungs again because we want to live life with soul and I think pretty sure
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Where do superstitions...
or possibly people who predated them who believed that trees were home to various spirits. Touching a tree would invoke the protection or blessing of the spirit within. And somehow,
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The Egyptian Book of the...
But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts -
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The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
The hunter pays tribute to his quarry's courage and strength with ceremonial gestures that ensure that its spirit returns to the desert sands from which it came.
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
at least once in their life. This panic-inducing episode of coming face-to-face with the creatures from your nightmares can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis
Video examples
Handraising Twin Tiger...
So, we're calling this one Spot for the time being and this one Stripe. And he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother. He is going to be a challenge, I can see it already. See what I mean about being stroppy? Aren't you? Yeah. That's good, you've got spirit.
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
But it's not only about that. It's about passion. Often, people are good at things they don't really care for. It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our energy. And if you're doing the thing that you love to do, that you're good at, time takes a different course entirely.
Video examples
New Zealand's Stunning...
And this spirit really went through all the people we met, all the regions. There seems to be the mix of pride and welcome that felt truly special as a traveler. People have gone out of their way to help me understand, and talk about their history, their culture.
Video examples
Should we be looking for...
character, or intentions of the first form of life we discover. So it's a risk to turn our eyes outwards. We risk our very way of life. But it may be a greater risk not to look, to deny the very pioneering spirits that help shape our own species.
Video examples
Adorable Tiger Cub...
and this one strike and he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother he is going to be a challenge i can see it already see what i mean about being strobby aren't you yeah that's good you've got spirit
Video examples
The real meaning of soul...
vitality isn't that what we need when we talk about soul we need to make it spirited again give it guts again give it lungs again because we want to live life with soul and I think pretty sure
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
or possibly people who predated them who believed that trees were home to various spirits. Touching a tree would invoke the protection or blessing of the spirit within. And somehow,
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts -
Video examples
The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
The hunter pays tribute to his quarry's courage and strength with ceremonial gestures that ensure that its spirit returns to the desert sands from which it came.
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Quote examples
Ava DuVernay
American Director
If I can be in a place where my image is encouraging people to see different people behind the camera, and my image and the images I make can help open up a certain world view, I think that's all a part of a larger spirit of change and progress, and I'm happy to be part of it.
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Future
American Musician
I'm just really a free spirit. You gotta be like that. 'Cause life ain't that complicated. It's only that complicated when you make it that way. I just wanna wake up and move with the way it goes. If it's meant to happen, it will happen.
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Alice Walker
American Author
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
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Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
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J. Cole
American Musician
I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
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Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
If I can be in a place where my image is encouraging people to see different people behind the camera, and my image and the images I make can help open up a certain world view, I think that's all a part of a larger spirit of change and progress, and I'm happy to be part of it.
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Future
American Musician
I'm just really a free spirit. You gotta be like that. 'Cause life ain't that complicated. It's only that complicated when you make it that way. I just wanna wake up and move with the way it goes. If it's meant to happen, it will happen.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.
Quote examples
Coretta Scott King
American Activist
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
Quote examples
Franz Kafka
Novelist
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
Quote examples
Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
Quote examples
J. Cole
American Musician
I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
Quote examples
Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
Quote examples
Dolly Parton
American Singer
You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.
Quote examples
Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
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