mantra — meaning in English

English meaning

• mantra noun A word or phrase repeated during meditation or prayer to aid focus.
• spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.

Senses

mantra is used for these senses in English:

• spell A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]

mantra — full definition

1. noun A word or phrase repeated during meditation or prayer to aid focus.
2. noun A slogan or saying repeated so often it becomes a guiding principle.

spell — full definition

1. noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
2. verb To write or say the letters that make up a word, in the correct order.
3. verb To indicate or signal that something is likely to happen.
4. noun A short period of time doing a particular activity, or a stretch of a certain kind of weather.

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