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# ghost

«ghost» in Mova's school dictionary: **In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a ghost, ghosts); verb (ghost, ghosts, ghosted, ghosting — slang)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#m1)

2) A very faint trace of something: "a ghost of a smile". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#m2)

3) (verb, slang) To suddenly stop answering someone's messages and ignore them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#m3)

4) give up the ghost (informal): to die, or of a machine, to stop working. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, Halloween and spooky games. In real speech: "she ghosted me". Phrases: ghost story, ghost town, not a ghost of a chance, give up the ghost, ghost writer.

### examples

- We told ghost stories round the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#x1)
- He dressed up as a ghost for Halloween. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#x2)
- The old house is said to have a ghost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#x3)
- She hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#x4)
- My old phone finally gave up the ghost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#x5)
- (slang) He ghosted me after the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#x6)
- It's a ghost town on Sunday mornings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/#x7)

### note

The h is silent: "gohst". Adjective: ghostly. Science: there is no proof that ghosts are real. Plural: ghosts.

### In the corpora

- [Ghost stories and playground legends are fun, but they should not turn a real neighbour into a villain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/13/)
- [Ghost stories at a sleepover are fun because everyone knows they are stories, and nobody gets hurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/13/)
- ["Gave up the ghost" means died; it is also said jokingly of a machine that stops working for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/14/)
- [Lily's new neighbour has a greyhound called Ghost, an ex-racing dog who never lived in a house before.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/0/)
- [Week five, Ghost walks over, puts his long nose on her knee, then leans on her with his whole weight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ghost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.