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    Ghost
    /ɡōst/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. act as ghostwriter of (a work): "his memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist"
    • 2. glide smoothly and effortlessly: "they ghosted up the river"
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  3. [singular] ghost of something a very slight amount of something that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists. There was a ghost of a smile on his face. You don't have a ghost of a chance (= you have no chance). [singular] a second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault

  4. GHOST meaning: 1. the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that…. Learn more.

    • The Science and Logic of Ghosts
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    One difficulty in scientifically evaluating ghosts is that a surprisingly wide variety of phenomena are attributed to ghosts, from a door closing on its own, to missing keys, to a cold area in a hallway, to a vision of a dead relative. When sociologists Dennis and Michele Waskul interviewed ghost experiencers for their book "Ghostly Encounters: The...

    Most people who believe in ghosts do so because of some personal experience; they grew up in a home where the existence of (friendly) spirits was taken for granted, for example, or they had some unnerving experience on a ghost tour or local haunt. Belief in a spirit world may also fulfill a deeper psychological need. "There’s still so much to this ...

    The Committee for Skeptical Inquirypromotes scientific inquiry, critical investigation and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims.
    Experiments suggest that children can distinguish fantasy from reality, but are tempted to believe in the existence of imaginary creatures, according to an article published in the British Journal...
  5. ghost. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Folklore, Computers ghost1 /ɡəʊst $ ɡoʊst/ S3 noun [ countable] 1 spirit the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place ghost of the ghost of Old Tom Morris They say the young girl’s ghost still haunts (=often appears in) the house.

  6. GHOST definition: the spirit of a dead person that appears to people who are alive: . Learn more.

  7. Ghost definition: . See examples of GHOST used in a sentence.

  8. ghost meaning: the spirit of a dead person that appears to people who are alive: . Learn more.

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