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# soul

«soul» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part of a person that many religions believe is…** — 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 soul, souls; soul — music)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (religion) The soul is the part of a person that many religions believe is spiritual, lives on after death, and is the real "you" — your mind, feelings and spirit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#m1)

2) A soul is a person, as in "not a soul was there" (nobody) or "poor soul" (a person to feel sorry for). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#m2)

3) Soul is deep feeling or warmth in music, art or speech: "She sings with soul." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#m3)

4) Soul music is a style of African American music with gospel roots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#m4)

5) To have a soul for something means to have a deep love for it and a natural gift for it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In RE, Christians believe each person has a soul made by God; other faiths and humanists see it differently. In stories "heart and soul" means with all your energy. Phrases: body and soul, heart and soul, not a soul, poor soul, soul mate, soul food, bless his soul.

### examples

- Many people believe the soul lives on after death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x1)
- There wasn't a soul in the park at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x2)
- The old dog was a gentle soul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x3)
- She put her heart and soul into the painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x4)
- Poor soul, he lost his umbrella in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x5)
- Grandma loves soul music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x6)
- "God rest his soul," said Nan at the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x7)
- You have a soul for poetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soul/#x8)

### note

Countable. Homophone: sole (a fish, or the bottom of your foot or shoe, or "only": the sole survivor). "Not a soul" means "no one" — it is not about religion there.

### In the corpora

- [Hindus believe the soul is reborn many times (reincarnation) until it reaches freedom, called moksha.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/8/)
- [Christians believe the person, their soul, is with God, and they hope for resurrection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/62-the-church-funeral/6/)
- [Many Orthodox Christians believe the soul is on a journey to God during the forty days after death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy/6/)
- [Hindus believe in reincarnation: the soul is reborn in a new body until it is finally freed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/11/)
- [«Do I have a soul?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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