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soul

US /soʊl/

noun Core · B1 Giải trí & truyền thông

Definition

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The singer put her whole soul into the final performance.

Synonyms

  • spiritthe vital principle or animating force within living things
  • psychethat which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
  • heartthe locus of feelings and intuitions

Collocations

  • Easy kind soul
    describing kind soul (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
  • Medium heart and soul of the team
    describing heart and soul of the team (the locus of feelings and intuitions)
  • Hard bare one's soul in an autobiography
    to bare one's soul in an autobiography, meaning to lay bare
  • Very Hard sell one's soul to corporate greed
    to exchange goods or services for money regarding one's soul to corporate greed

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.