ghost
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3.0
- noun
- /ɡoʊst/
- You look like you saw a ghost.
- see a ghost
- believe in ghosts
- ghost story
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- I saw Maggie's ghost moving across the bridge.
- All of us hungry ghosts wired for appetite.
- Next up, I read When Ghosts Call Us Home.
- Have you done enough in your life for ghosts to believe in you?
- They have like little pink ghosts and like little pumpkins.
- My well-being is ghosting me later, bro.
Examples
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Mother, daughter, and other villagers believed that a ghost had taken these infants' souls.
Academic text (1990) -
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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The dead from Troy, their ghosts will come and watch.
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I saw Maggie's ghost moving across the bridge.
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While the two men talked and drank, the ghost of John K passed through the streets.
Fiction book (1990) -
From the cellar, Belle yelled up at them, "No wonder his ghost is roaming around."
Fiction book (1990) -
Last night, I finally saw ghost in my dreams, and it looked just like my grandmother.
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During our camping trip, we all heard a story about a ghost that haunted the old cabin.
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The children claimed that a ghost was living in the attic, and they were convinced it kept moving their toys.
Synonyms
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7.0
A ghost or supernatural being that can appear to people
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9.9
A pale ghost that appears near a person's death
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9.3
An evil spirit that haunts graveyards and eats dead bodies
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6.7
A ghost or spirit that people think they see
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8.9
A ghost that people see suddenly
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4.7
A ghost believed to frighten people
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8.6
A ghost that people say appears and frightens them at night
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9.5
A spirit without a body that appears to people or stays near places
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- Literature
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9.8
A religious dance from the late 1800s in which Native American people try to talk with spirits and find hope
- Specialized
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9.9
A word that enters a language because of a mistake, like a misprint, and has no real use
- Australian
A small or medium tree from Australia and Tasmania with smooth pale bark that peels in strips
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Etymology
Ghost comes from an old English word that meant 'spirit' or 'breath', so it first named the soul of a dead person that might appear to the living; that's why ghost means a spirit people think they can see.