Usually means: Essence of a being's consciousness.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word spirit:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. spirit, the Spirit, the spirit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. spirit, the Spirit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spirit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spirit, the Spirit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spirit: Vocabulary.com
  6. Spirit, spirit, the-spirit: Wordnik
  7. spirit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Spirit, spirit: Wiktionary
  9. spirit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. spirit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. spirit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Spirit, spirit, the spirit: Dictionary.com
  13. spirit (n.), spirit (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. spirit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Spirit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. spirit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. spirit: Rhymezone
  19. spirit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. spirit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Spirit: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. spirit, the spirit: Free Dictionary
  23. spirit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. spirit: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. spirit: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Spirit (disambiguation), spirit: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spirit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. spirit: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. SPIRIT: Acronym Finder
  3. Spirit: Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. spirit: Idioms

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Spirit: Easton Bible
  2. World English Bible Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Spirit: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spirit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Spirit, spirit: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Happy Hour Spirit & Liqueur Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See spirited as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The soul of a person or other creature.
noun:  A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
noun:  Enthusiasm.
noun:  The manner or style of something.
noun:  Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
noun:  (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
noun:  Energy; ardour.
noun:  One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
noun:  (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
noun:  (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
noun:  (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
noun:  (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
noun:  (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
verb:  To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
verb:  Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
noun:  (Christianity) Synonym of Holy Spirit.

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