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Meanings of ghost in English

Portuguese
espectro
Catalan
espectre
Spanish
espectro

A mental representation of some haunting experience.

        espectro
        Catalan
        punt
        Spanish
        toque

        A suggestion of some quality.

              punt
              Portuguese
              obsedar
              Catalan
              obsessionar
              Spanish
              espantar

              Haunt like a ghost; pursue.

                    obsedar
                    Portuguese
                    ghost-writer
                    Catalan
                    escriptor fantasma

                    A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else.

                          ghost-writer
                          Usage of ghost in English
                          1
                          Indeed, ghost traffic already affects the speed of your internet connection today.
                          BBC
                          2
                          Still others want help: free them from the ghost and vice versa.
                          Ghosts
                          3
                          Nobody had said a word to her about mother's ghost, of course.
                          Ghosts
                          4
                          There's no question that his ghost effects were especially magical and dramatic.
                          Hiding the Elephant
                          5
                          Exorcism is possible if the true identity of the ghost is known.
                          Immortality Inc.
                          6
                          However, the affair of the ghost picture has a more interesting history.
                          Ghosts
                          7
                          The ghost before him wouldn't last long, not in her present state.
                          Haunted
                          8
                          I ran back too, and said, 'Is it the ghost?' 'The ghost!
                          The Castle of Otranto
                          9
                          Myron would have no sympathy for any problem that involved a ghost.
                          In the night room: a novel
                          10
                          The ghost of the girl that died in the hospital was there.
                          Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession / A Novel
                          11
                          Another classic ghost site takes you back to a more innocent time.
                          Wired
                          12
                          I believed in the voice, but had never believed in the ghost.
                          The Phantom of the Opera
                          13
                          The point was that the ghost was negotiable; the development was not.
                          Second glance
                          14
                          As I said, it's probably a reworking of that ghost army story.
                          Act of will
                          15
                          The ghost could not remember the name his parents had given him.
                          The Da Vinci Code
                          16
                          I think we must try her with Arthur's ghost story after dinner.
                          Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
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