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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024soul /soʊl/USA pronunciation n. - Religion the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, thought of as something distinct or separate from the body;
the spiritual part of humans:[countable]to have an immortal soul. - Religion the spirit of a dead person:[countable]to summon the souls of the dead.
- a person:[countable]brave souls.
- the essential element, quality, or part of something:[countable]the soul of the Native American people.
- an excellent example of some quality:[countable* usually: the + ~ + of + object]He was the very soul of tact.
- the seat or place of human feelings or emotions:[countable]She has the soul of an artist.
- deeply or strongly felt emotion, as is conveyed by an artist:[uncountable]The painting has soul.
- [uncountable] (among African-Americans) shared ethnic awareness and pride.
- Music and Dancesoul music.
adj. [usually: before a noun] - of or relating to African-Americans or their culture:Soul food is traditional black American food.
soul•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024soul (sōl),USA pronunciation n. - Religionthe principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body;
the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part. - Religionthe spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come:arguing the immortality of the soul.
- Religionthe disembodied spirit of a deceased person:He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.
- the emotional part of human nature;
the seat of the feelings or sentiments. - a human being;
person. - high-mindedness;
noble warmth of feeling, spirit or courage, etc. - the animating principle;
the essential element or part of something. - the inspirer or moving spirit of some action, movement, etc.
- the embodiment of some quality:He was the very soul of tact.
- Religion(cap.) [Christian Science.]God;
the divine source of all identity and individuality. - shared ethnic awareness and pride among black people, esp. black Americans.
- deeply felt emotion, as conveyed or expressed by a performer or artist.
- Music and DanceSee soul music.
adj. - of, characteristic of, or for black Americans or their culture:soul newspapers.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English sāwl, sāwol; cognate with Dutch ziel, German Seele, Old Norse sāl, Gothic saiwala
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spirit.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged heart.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged essence, core, heart.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: soul /səʊl/ n - the spirit or immaterial part of man, the seat of human personality, intellect, will, and emotions, regarded as an entity that survives the body after death
- the spiritual part of a person, capable of redemption from the power of sin through divine grace
- the essential part or fundamental nature of anything
- a person's feelings or moral nature as distinct from other faculties
- Also called: soul music a type of Black music resulting from the addition of jazz, gospel, and pop elements to the urban blues style
- (as modifier): a soul singer
- (modifier) of or relating to Black Americans and their culture: soul brother, soul food
- nobility of spirit or temperament: a man of great soul and courage
- an inspiring spirit or leading figure, as of a cause or movement
- a person regarded as typifying some characteristic or quality: the soul of discretion
- a person; individual: an honest soul
- upon my soul! ⇒ an exclamation of surprise
Etymology: Old English sāwol; related to Old Frisian sēle, Old Saxon sēola, Old High German sēula soul |