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ghost
(gōst)n.
1. The spirit of a dead person, especially one that is believed to appear to the living in bodily form or to haunt specific locations.
2. A person's spirit or soul: was sick for months and finally gave up the ghost.
3. A returning or haunting memory or image.
4.
a. A slight or faint trace: just a ghost of a smile.
b. The tiniest bit: not a ghost of a chance.
5. A faint, unwanted image, as:
a. An unwanted image on a television or radar screen caused by reflected waves.
b. A displaced image in a photograph caused by the optical system of the camera.
c. An unwanted spectral line caused by imperfections in a diffraction grating.
d. A displaced image in a mirror caused by reflection from the front of the glass.
6. Informal A ghostwriter.
7.
a. A nonexistent publication listed in bibliographies.
b. A fictitious employee or business.
8. Physiology A red blood cell having no hemoglobin.
v. ghost·ed, ghost·ing, ghosts
v. intr.
1. Informal To engage in ghostwriting.
2. To move noiselessly like a ghost: "Two young deer ghosted out of the woods" (Nancy M. Debevoise).
3. Informal To cut off all communication with someone, especially a romantic or sexual partner, without providing an explanation: ghosted on him after two dates.
v. tr.
1. To haunt.
2. Informal To ghostwrite: was hired to ghost the memoirs of a famous executive.
3. Informal To cut off all communication with (someone), especially a romantic or sexual partner, without providing an explanation: "In some point in nearly every young millennial's life, they will be ghosted. And not by sad dead bodies from the graveyard, but by idiot living ones from the Internet" (Heather Dockray).
[Middle English gost, from Old English gāst, breath, spirit.]
ghost′y adj.
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ghost
(ɡəʊst)n
1. the disembodied spirit of a dead person, supposed to haunt the living as a pale or shadowy vision; phantom.
2. a haunting memory: the ghost of his former life rose up before him.
3. a faint trace or possibility of something; glimmer: a ghost of a smile.
4. the spirit; soul (archaic, except in the phrase the Holy Ghost)
5. (General Physics) physics
a. a faint secondary image produced by an optical system
b. a similar image on a television screen, formed by reflection of the transmitting waves or by a defect in the receiver
6. (Linguistics) See ghost word
7. (Library Science & Bibliography) Also called: ghost edition an entry recorded in a bibliography of which no actual proof exists
8. (Journalism & Publishing) another name for ghostwriter
9. (modifier) falsely recorded as doing a particular job or fulfilling a particular function in order that some benefit, esp money, may be obtained: a ghost worker.
10. give up the ghost
a. to die
b. (of a machine) to stop working
vb
11. (Journalism & Publishing) another word for ghostwrite
12. (tr) to haunt
13. (intr) to move effortlessly and smoothly, esp unnoticed: he ghosted into the penalty area.
[Old English gāst; related to Old Frisian jēst, Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit hēda fury, anger]
ˈghostˌlike adj
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ghost
(goʊst)n.
1. the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined as wandering, often in vague or evanescent form, among the living and sometimes haunting them; wraith.
2. a mere shadow or semblance; trace: She's a ghost of her former self.
3. a remote possibility: not a ghost of a chance.
4. the principle of life; soul; spirit.
5. ghostwriter.
6. a secondary, usu. faint or blurry image, as on a television screen or on a photographic negative or print.
v.t. 7. to ghostwrite (a book, speech, etc.).
8. to haunt.
Idioms: give up the ghost,
a. to die.
b. to cease to function or exist.
[before 900; Middle English goost, Old English gāst, c. Old Frisian gāst, Old Saxon gēst, Old High German geist spirit]
ghost′like`, adj.
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ghost
Past participle: ghosted
Gerund: ghosting
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| Noun | 1. |  ghost - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" |
| 2. | ghost - a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | |
| 3. | ghost - the visible disembodied soul of a dead person poltergeist - a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder revenant - someone who has returned from the dead | |
| 4. |  ghost - a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"proffer, proposition, suggestion - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" | |
| Verb | 1. | ghost - move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| 2. | ghost - haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" preoccupy - engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else" | |
| 3. | ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" |
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ghost
noun
Quotations
"Ghost stories appeal to our craving for immortality. If you can be afraid of a ghost, then you have to believe that a ghost may exist. And if a ghost exists then oblivion might not be the end" [Stanley Kubrick]
"Even the living were only ghosts in the making" [Pat Barker The Ghost Road]
"Ghost stories appeal to our craving for immortality. If you can be afraid of a ghost, then you have to believe that a ghost may exist. And if a ghost exists then oblivion might not be the end" [Stanley Kubrick]
"Even the living were only ghosts in the making" [Pat Barker The Ghost Road]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
ghost
nounverb
Informal. To write for and credit authorship to another:
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Translations
духдушапривидениепризракфантом
espectreesperitfantasma
duchpřízrakstrašidlo
spøgelseåndgenfærd
kummitussieluaavehaamuhenki
duhfantomsablastutvaraavet
árnyárnyalakárnyképfantomjelenés
hantu
draugur, afturganga
幽霊
유령
animalarvalemuresmanesphasma
dvasiapaskutinį kvapą išleistišmėklašmėkliškasvaiduoklis
parādībarēgsspoks
duchmátohaprízrakstrašidlozjavenie
duhfantom
avetavetinjaduhpriviđenjesablast
spökeandefantom
ผี
маревомарупривидпривідпримару
ma
ghost
[gəʊst]A. N → fantasma m, espectro m (TV) → imagen f fantasma
Holy Ghost (Rel) → Espíritu m Santo
he hasn't the ghost of a chance → no tiene la más remota posibilidad
she managed the ghost of a smile → consiguió esbozar un amago de sonrisa
to give up the ghost (= die) → entregar el alma (hum) [car, washing machine, etc] → pasar a mejor vida
Holy Ghost (Rel) → Espíritu m Santo
he hasn't the ghost of a chance → no tiene la más remota posibilidad
she managed the ghost of a smile → consiguió esbozar un amago de sonrisa
to give up the ghost (= die) → entregar el alma (hum) [car, washing machine, etc] → pasar a mejor vida
B. VT [+ book] → escribir por otro
an autobiography ghosted by Peters → una autobiografía escrita por el negro Peters
an autobiography ghosted by Peters → una autobiografía escrita por el negro Peters
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ghost
n
(fig) with the ghost of a smile → mit dem Anflug eines Lächelns; she gave the ghost of a smile → sie lächelte zaghaft; I don’t have or stand the ghost of a chance → ich habe nicht die geringste Chance
to give up the ghost (dated inf) → seinen or den Geist aufgeben
(TV: also ghost image) → Geisterbild nt
(= writer) → Ghostwriter m
vi to ghost for somebody → jds Ghostwriter sein
vt to be ghosted → von einem Ghostwriter geschrieben sein; to have something ghosted → sich (dat) → etw von einem Ghostwriter schreiben lassen; to ghost somebody’s books/speeches → für jdn Bücher/Reden (als Ghostwriter) schreiben
ghost
in cpds → Geister-;ghost story
n → Geister- or Gespenstergeschichte f
ghost town
n → Geisterstadt f
ghost train
n (Brit, at funfair) → Geisterbahn f
ghostwriter
n → Ghostwriter m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
ghost
[gəʊst]1. n → fantasma m, spettro
the ghost of a smile (fig) → una parvenza di sorriso
he hasn't the ghost of a chance (fig) → non ha la minima possibilità
the ghost of a smile (fig) → una parvenza di sorriso
he hasn't the ghost of a chance (fig) → non ha la minima possibilità
2. vt (book) → scrivere per conto di altri
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ghost
(gəust) noun a spirit, usually of a dead person. Do you believe in ghosts?; Hamlet thought he saw his father's ghost.
ˈghostly adjective of or like a ghost or ghosts. a ghostly figure.
give up the ghost to die.
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ghost
→ شَبَح duch spøgelse Geist φάντασμα fantasma kummitus fantôme duh fantasma 幽霊 유령 spook spøkelse duch fantasma привидение spöke ผี hayalet ma 鬼Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009