noun Download 🔗Share The spirit; the soul of man. Examples : "My grandmother believes her departed husband's ghost visits her every night. " soul mythology supernatural religion philosophy mind past essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death Examples : "Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt." soul mythology religion supernatural being philosophy person history essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image Examples : "not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea" supernatural mythology soul mind being literature essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses. Examples : "The telescope showed a ghost of a star, making it hard to see the actual object clearly. " technology physics astronomy device appearance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection. Examples : "The ghost on the TV screen made it hard to see the football game clearly. " technology electronics media communication signal essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A ghostwriter. Examples : "The book was written by a ghostwriter, a person hired to write articles for famous authors. " writing job person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server. Examples : "The ghost on the IRC channel for the history project was a student who logged off without saying goodbye. " internet computing technology communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An image of a file or hard disk. Examples : "The computer showed a ghost of the important presentation file, meaning the original was corrupted and only a partial copy remained. " computing technology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting. Examples : "The new student was a ghost; everyone said she was a ghost because she had vanished after her first day and hadn't spoken to anyone since. " person culture internet communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in names of species) White or pale. Examples : "ghost slug; ghostberry; ghostflower; ghost crab; ghost bat" color biology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname. Examples : "The teacher ghosted the student from the online discussion forum because the student was using the teacher's reserved nickname. " computing internet technical communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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