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# spirit

«spirit» in Mova's school dictionary: **their feelings and character, not their body; some…** — 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 spirit, spirits; spirit, uncountable); verb (spirit away)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The part of a person that is their feelings and character, not their body; some believe it lives on after death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m1)

2) A ghost or magical being. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m2)

3) Courage, energy and determination: team spirit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m3)

4) (plural) Your mood: in high spirits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m4)

5) Strong alcoholic drink such as whisky (spirits). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m5)

6) The real meaning of a rule: the spirit of the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m6)

7) (verb) «Spirit away» means take someone or something away secretly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, spirits and ghosts; in PSHE and sport, team spirit and school spirit. In everyday life, «in good spirits» means happy. In science, white spirit or methylated spirits are liquids for cleaning. Phrases: team spirit, in high spirits, that's the spirit!, Christmas spirit.

### examples

- The team showed great spirit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x1)
- Everyone was in high spirits after the win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x2)
- The story was about a spirit in an old house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x3)
- That's the spirit! Keep going! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x4)
- We got into the Christmas spirit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x5)
- The thief was spirited away in the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x6)
- Spirits like whisky are strong alcohol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x7)
- It was not a spirit this time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spirit/#x8)

### note

Countable for ghosts and drinks; uncountable for courage. Adjectives: spiritual (about beliefs), spirited (lively). «Spirits» about mood is always plural: in low spirits.

### In the corpora

- [Bon Odori is a calm circle dance at Japan's summer Obon festival, which honours the spirits of ancestors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/12/)
- [I like your spirit.» Toad starts slowly and carefully, and the gentlemen clap: fancy a washerwoman driving so well!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/2/)
- [I like your spirit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/19/)
- ["Free spirit" said about a child means one who does not follow rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/7/)
- [A glass or pointer on a spirit board moves because of tiny movements people make without knowing it, called the ideomotor effect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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