WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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disembodied spirit, emotional state, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, heart, inspirit, intent, life, liveliness, look, purport, smell, spirit, spirit up, sprightliness, tone,
1. NOUN. (spirit)
a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one''s character
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2. NOUN. (spirit)
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
"he had a change of heart"
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3. NOUN. (spirit)
animation and energy in action or expression
"it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
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airiness, delicacy, alacrity, briskness, energy, vigor, vigour, vim, elan, esprit, breeziness, jauntiness, irrepressibility, buoyancy, high-spiritedness, exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience, pep, peppiness, ginger,
4. NOUN. (spirit)
the intended meaning of a communication
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5. NOUN. (spirit)
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
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control, evil spirit, banshee, genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, familiar, familiar spirit, peri, apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre, presence, numen, python, sylvan, silvan, thunderbird, zombi, zombie, zombi spirit, zombie spirit,
6. NOUN. (spirit)
the vital principle or animating force within living things
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7. NOUN. (spirit)
the state of a person''s emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
"his emotional state depended on her opinion"
"he was in good spirits"
"his spirit rose"
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embarrassment, ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus, gratification, satisfaction, happiness, felicity, state, unhappiness,
8. NOUN. (spirit)
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
"the feel of the city excited him"
"a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"
"it had the smell of treason"
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9. VERB. (spirit)
infuse with spirit
"The company spirited him up"
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liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness, emotional state, spirit, spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell,
