Soul - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |səʊl|  American pronunciation of the word soul
Brit.  |səʊl|  British pronunciation of the word soul

noun

- the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life (syn: psyche)
- a human being (syn: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone)
- deep feeling or emotion
- the human embodiment of something
the soul of honor
- a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement

Extra examples

He could not escape the guilt that he felt in the inner recesses of his soul.

Some poor soul was asking for handouts on the street.

That man has no soul.

It was as if those grey eyes could see into the very depths of her soul.

He is really quite a sensitive soul.

I promise I won't tell a soul.

The night was dark and still, and there was not a soul in sight.

The poor old soul had fallen and broken her hip.

He listens to a lot of soul.

My brother thinks that anyone who doesn't like poetry has no soul.

Her performance was technically perfect, but it lacked soul.

Basho's poems capture the true soul of old Japan.

Soul City

He's widely regarded as the king of soul music.

Volunteers have to undergo a program to discipline the mind and cleanse the soul.

Word forms

noun
singular: soul
plural: souls
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