soul
US /soʊl/
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 souldescribing kind soul (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
- Medium heart and soul of the teamdescribing heart and soul of the team (the locus of feelings and intuitions)
- Hard bare one's soul in an autobiographyto bare one's soul in an autobiography, meaning to lay bare
- Very Hard sell one's soul to corporate greedto exchange goods or services for money regarding one's soul to corporate greed
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.