Meaning of "spirit" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPIRIT

From Old French esperit, from Latin spīritus breath, spirit; related to spīrāre to breathe.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SPIRIT

spirit  [ˈspɪrɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIRIT

Spirit is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb spirit in English.

WHAT DOES SPIRIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spirit

The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the consciousness or personality. The notions of a person's spirit and soul often also overlap, as both contrast with body and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism, and "spirit" can also have the sense of "ghost", i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person. The term may also refer to any incorporeal or immaterial being, such as demons or deities. In Christianity "the Spirit" specifically denotes the Holy Spirit.

Definition of spirit in the English dictionary

The first definition of spirit in the dictionary is the force or principle of life that animates the body of living things. Other definition of spirit is temperament or disposition. Spirit is also liveliness; mettle.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SPIRIT

PRESENT

Present

I spirit

you spirit

he/she/it spirits

we spirit

you spirit

they spirit

Present continuous

I am spiriting

you are spiriting

he/she/it is spiriting

we are spiriting

you are spiriting

they are spiriting

Present perfect

I have spirited

you have spirited

he/she/it has spirited

we have spirited

you have spirited

they have spirited

Present perfect continuous

I have been spiriting

you have been spiriting

he/she/it has been spiriting

we have been spiriting

you have been spiriting

they have been spiriting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I spirited

you spirited

he/she/it spirited

we spirited

you spirited

they spirited

Past continuous

I was spiriting

you were spiriting

he/she/it was spiriting

we were spiriting

you were spiriting

they were spiriting

Past perfect

I had spirited

you had spirited

he/she/it had spirited

we had spirited

you had spirited

they had spirited

Past perfect continuous

I had been spiriting

you had been spiriting

he/she/it had been spiriting

we had been spiriting

you had been spiriting

they had been spiriting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will spirit

you will spirit

he/she/it will spirit

we will spirit

you will spirit

they will spirit

Future continuous

I will be spiriting

you will be spiriting

he/she/it will be spiriting

we will be spiriting

you will be spiriting

they will be spiriting

Future perfect

I will have spirited

you will have spirited

he/she/it will have spirited

we will have spirited

you will have spirited

they will have spirited

Future perfect continuous

I will have been spiriting

you will have been spiriting

he/she/it will have been spiriting

we will have been spiriting

you will have been spiriting

they will have been spiriting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would spirit

you would spirit

he/she/it would spirit

we would spirit

you would spirit

they would spirit

Conditional continuous

I would be spiriting

you would be spiriting

he/she/it would be spiriting

we would be spiriting

you would be spiriting

they would be spiriting

Conditional perfect

I would have spirit

you would have spirit

he/she/it would have spirit

we would have spirit

you would have spirit

they would have spirit

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been spiriting

you would have been spiriting

he/she/it would have been spiriting

we would have been spiriting

you would have been spiriting

they would have been spiriting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you spirit
we let´s spirit
you spirit

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to spirit

Past participle

spirited

Present Participle

spiriting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SPIRIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spirit» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of spirit

ambience · animation · apparition · ardour · atmosphere · attitude · atua · backbone · balls · ballsiness · breath · brio · character · complexion · constancy · conviction · core · courage · dauntlessness · dedication · determination · disposition · doggedness · drive · earnestness · ego · eidolon · energy · enterprise · enthusiasm · essence · ethos · feel · feeling · feelings · fire · firewater · firmness · flavour · force · fortitude · frame of mind · gameness · ghost · gist · grit · guts · heart · humour · indomitability · inner self · intent · intention · kehua · life · life force · lifeblood · liquor · liveliness · loyalty · mauri · meaning · mettle · mood · morale · motivation · nature · outlook · perseverance · persistence · phantom · psyche · purport · purpose · quality · quintessence · resoluteness · resolution · resolve · sense · shade · shadow · single-mindedness · soul · sparkle · spectre · spook · sprite · spunk · state of mind · steadfastness · stoutheartedness · substance · team spirit · temper · temperament · tenacity · tenor · togetherness · tone · vibes · vigour · vision · wairua · warmth · welly · will · willpower · zest

TRANSLATION OF SPIRIT

Find out the translation of spirit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of spirit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spirit» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 精神
• Translator English - Spanish: espíritu
• English: spirit
• Translator English - Hindi: आत्मा
• Translator English - Arabic: رُوح
• Translator English - Russian: душа
• Translator English - Portuguese: espírito
• Translator English - Bengali: আত্মা
• Translator English - French: esprit
• Translator English - Malay: Semangat
• Translator English - German: Geist
• Translator English - Japanese: 精神
• Translator English - Korean: 정신
• Translator English - Javanese: Roh
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tinh thần
• Translator English - Tamil: ஆவி
• Translator English - Marathi: आत्मा
• Translator English - Turkish: ruh
• Translator English - Italian: spirito
• Translator English - Polish: duch
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дух
• Translator English - Romanian: spirit
• Translator English - Greek: πνεύμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Gees
• Translator English - Swedish: ande
• Translator English - Norwegian: ånd

10 QUOTES WITH «SPIRIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spirit.

1

Edward Abbey

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

2

Christopher Alexander

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named.

3

Summer Altice

I'm the kind of person who just can't wait to get on a train and not know where I'm going. I definitely want to live life to the fullest. And that's the type of man I'm attracted to - somebody with that spontaneous spirit.

4

Ray Stannard Baker

It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike.

5

Simon Beaufoy

I believe innately in the human spirit being a powerful and positive thing. And that just comes out, whether you like it or not. It comes out in the writing.

6

Henri Bergson

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom.

7

John Biddle

After a long, impartial enquiry of the truth, and after much and earnest calling upon God, to give unto me the spirit and revelation in the knowledge of Him, I find myself obliged, both by the principles of reason and Scripture, to embrace the opinion I now hold forth.

8

Larry Bishop

I've met a lot of people since I was around four years old, some really big ones along the way, and I don't think I've met anyone who's as generous of spirit as Quentin Tarantino.

9

Constantin Brancusi

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit.

10

Sergei Bubka

Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIRIT»

Discover the use of spirit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spirit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

This groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off and the poor.

Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson, 2010

The Spirit of St. Louis

PresentsLindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927.

Charles A. Lindbergh, 2003

Good Morning, Holy Spirit

The story of Benny Hinn's personal encounter with the Holy Spirit and how that experience dramatically changed his life is a story God has used hundreds of thousands of times around the world to touch the lives of others.

Benny Hinn, 1997

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her ...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor ...

Anne Fadiman, 1998

Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws

Fully annotated, this edition focuses on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole, rather than on those opening passages toward which critical energies have traditionally been devoted.

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller, 1989

Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy

This book reveals how five distinct African civilizations have shaped the specific cultures of their New World descendants. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Robert Farris Thompson, 2010

Animals in Spirit: Our faithful companions' transition to ...

How do animals feel about crossing over? What do they communicate to us after they die? How can we contact animals in spirit?

Penelope Smith, 2008

Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: Restoring Emotional and ...

This aromatherapy guide synthesizes Eastern and Western approaches to restoring emotional and mental health by using the healing properties of 40 essential oils. 159 illustrations, 77 in color.

Gabriel Mojay, 2000

The Spirit of the Liturgy

Explains of the significance of the Liturgy today, exploring its nature as the central expression of faith, its form, the importance of time and space in it, the role of music and art in relation to it, and the need for renewal.

Pope Benedict XVI, 2000

Sells like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth Culture, and Social Crisis

In Sells Like Teen Spirit, Ryan Moore tells the story of how music and youth culture have changed along with the economic, political, and cultural transformations of American society in the last four decades.

Ryan Moore, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIRIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spirit is used in the context of the following news items.

Complaints against airlines rise, Spirit second worst

Miramar-based Spirit Airlines (Nasdaq: SAVE) had the second-worst rate among all carriers. Another discount carrier, Frontier Airlines topped the list with ... «South Florida Business Journal, May 15»

'Spirit in the Sky' singer Norman Greenbaum hurt in crash

(CNN) Norman Greenbaum, best known for his much-played 1969 hit "Spirit in the Sky," was in critical condition after a crash that killed a motorcycle driver ... «CNN, Mar 15»

'Spirit of St. Louis' touches down for first time in two decades

Charles Lindbergh's legendary "Spirit of St. Louis" airplane touched down for the first time in more than 20 years on Thursday. Lindbergh took off from New York ... «seattlepi.com, Jan 15»

Angela Lansbury, 89, returns to theater in 'Blithe Spirit'

Angela Lansbury has moved yet again. This time, home is the Ahmanson Theatre, where the 89-year-old Tony winner and honorary Oscar recipient has settled ... «New York Daily News, Dec 14»

'Birdman' Leads Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's arthouse hit "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" led the nominations for the 30th Film Independent Spirit Awards, it was ... «Indie Wire, Nov 14»

Greene King bid for Spirit is not an obvious bargain

Greene King's £750m bid for Spirit is exactly as advertised a fortnight ago. The share ratio is the same and the cash element remains tiny – just 8p in an offer that ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

Florida Investigated Donald Spirit Before He Killed Daughter And 6 …

Authorities said 51-year-old Donald Spirit called 911 from his mobile home Thursday warning he might hurt himself or others. By the time a deputy arrived, Spirit ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»

Don Spirit, Florida shooter of 6 grandchildren, daughter, self, was on …

The shooter, 51-year-old Don Spirit, called emergency dispatch Thursday afternoon to say he might harm himself or others, Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert ... «CBC.ca, Sep 14»

Spirit v. Led Zeppelin: Analysis Of The "Stairway To Heaven …

A lawsuit was just commenced by the band Spirit against Led Zeppelin claiming the iconic guitar arpeggio opening of “Stairway to Heaven” infringes Spirit's ... «Forbes, May 14»

Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' Targeted for Plagiarism

As Led Zeppelin promote the extravagant reissues of their first three albums for an early June release, a lawyer representing deceased Spirit guitarist Randy ... «RollingStone.com, May 14»