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привиде́ние — meaning in English

privideniye

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English meaning

  • apparition noun A ghost or ghostlike figure; a sudden, strange appearance.
  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • phantom noun A ghost or ghostly figure; something that appears real but has no physical substance.
  • revenant noun A spirit or reanimated corpse said to return from the dead, as in folklore or horror fiction.
  • specter noun A ghostly figure or apparition; a phantom.
  • spirit noun The non-physical part of a person believed to hold their character, emotions, or soul.
  • vision noun The ability to see; eyesight.

Senses

привиде́ние is used for these senses in English:

  • apparition An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
  • eidolon A phantom; a ghost or an elusive entity.
  • ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
  • phantom Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
  • revenant A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
  • specter A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • spirit A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
  • vision (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

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