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Noun

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Singular
spirit

Plural
spirits

  1. (countable) Aspirit is abeing that has nophysicalbody, and cannot usually beseen ortouched.
    The people on the island believed in many gods andspirits that affected life.
  2. (countable) Aspirit is a part of you that cannot be seen or touched. Often this is important toreligion and different from thesoul (religions do not agree what the difference is).
    They tried to talk to thespirit of their dead mother through a medium.
    The preacher claimed the soul was the mind but thespirit was something more special.
  3. (uncountable) If you havespirit, you are very excited about something or a very strong supporter.
    People with schoolspirit always cheer for their schools team.
  4. (uncountable) Thespirit of astatement orrule is theidea orpurpose for it.
    What she did fit thespirit of the law, even though it brought the law as it was written.
    In thespirit of fairness I let the younger children break some rules.
    Thespirit of the agreement was that we would have equal shares.
  5. (countable &uncountable);(usually plural) Aspirit is avolatile liquid, likealcohol.

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Verb

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Plain form
spirit

Third-person singular
spirits

Past tense
spirited

Past participle
spirited

Present participle
spiriting

  1. If youspirit something, youcarry it away, usually insecret ormystery.

Proper noun

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Proper noun
the Spirit

  1. (Christianity) Another name for theHoly Spirit (also called theHoly Ghost).
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