GHOST STORY

Meaning of GHOST STORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1819

1. : a story about ghosts

2. : a tale based on imagination rather than fact

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GHOST STORY — noun Date: 1819 a story about ghosts, a tale based on imagination rather than fact
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GHOST STORY — noun 1. : a story about ghosts 2. : a tale based on imagination rather than fact
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GHOST STORY — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GHOST STORY — story about ghosts, story about spirits, imaginative story
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GHOST STORY — Function: noun Date: 1819 1 : a story about ghosts 2 : a tale based on imagination rather than fact
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GHOST STORY — [ghost story] n (1819) 1: a story about ghosts 2: a tale based on imagination rather than fact
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GHOST STORY
Britannica English vocabulary
GHOST STORY — noun a story about ghosts that is intended to frighten you
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GHOST STORY — ˈghost ˌstory BrE AmE noun [countable] a story about ghosts that is intended to frighten people
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GHOST STORY — ( ghost stories) A ghost story is a story about ghosts. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GHOST STORY — (ghost stories) A ~ is a story about ghosts. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GHOST STORY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Huck asks for a ghost story , so Jim tells a story about a scary …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GHOST STORY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GHOST STORY — 1) история с привидениями 2) сказка, вымышленная история
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GHOST-STORY — рассказ о привидениях сказка; неправдоподобный рассказ или слух
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GHOST-STORY — n 1> рассказ о привидениях 2> сказка; неправдоподобный рассказ или слух
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GHOST STORY — 1) история с привидениями 2) сказка, вымышленная история
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GHOST STORY — (n) неправдоподобный рассказ; рассказ о привидениях; сказка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GHOST-STORY — n 1) рассказ о привидениях 2) сказка; неправдоподобный рассказ или слух
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GHOST-STORY — n 1> рассказ о привидениях 2> сказка; неправдоподобный рассказ или слух
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GHOST STORY — 1) история с привидениями 2) сказка, вымышленная история
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GHOST STORY — 1) история с привидениями 2) сказка, вымышленная история
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GHOST STORY — рассказ о привидениях; фантастический рассказ
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
GHOST-STORY — рассказ о привидениях сказка; неправдоподобный рассказ или слух
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GHOST STORY — 1) история с привидениями 2) сказка, вымышленная история
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STORY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) detective story horror story mystery story short story {{link=Story Joseph">Story Joseph
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STORY — I. ˈstōrē, ˈstȯrē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GHOST — I. ˈgōst noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GHOST — (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the …
Английский словарь Webster
GHOST — ( n. ) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STORY — story 1 — storyless , adj. /stawr"ee, stohr"ee/ , n. , pl. stories , v. , storied, storying . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GHOST — — ghostily , adv. — ghostlike , adj. /gohst/ , n. 1. the soul of a dead person, a disembodied …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GHOST — I. ˈgōst noun Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STORY — noun a euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. 2. story ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
GHOST — noun the spirit; the soul of man. 2. ghost ·vi to die; to expire. 3. ghost ·vt to appear to …
Webster English vocab
STORY — [sto.ry] n, pl stories [ME storie, fr. OF estorie, fr. L historia--more at history] (13c) 1 archaic: history 1, 3 …
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GHOST — [ghost] n [ME gost, gast, fr. OE gast; akin to OHG geist spirit, Skt heda anger] (bef. 12c) 1: the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GHOST — soul or spectre of a dead person, usually believed to inhabit the netherworld and to be capable of returning in …
Britannica English vocabulary
GHOST — ghost BrE AmE ɡəʊst AmE ɡoʊst ▷ ghosted ˈɡəʊst ɪd -əd AmE ˈɡoʊst əd ▷ ghosting ˈɡəʊst ɪŋ AmE ˈɡoʊst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GHOST — / gəʊst; NAmE goʊst/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the spirit of a dead person that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STORY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GHOST — I. ghost 1 /ɡəʊst $ ɡoʊst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gast ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
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GHOST — n. & v. --n. 1 the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GHOST — n. & v. n. 1 the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STORY — 1. n. (pl. -ies) 1. an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past …
Oxford English vocab
GHOST — n. & v. --n. 1. the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow …
Oxford English vocab
STORY
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GHOST — ( ghosts, ghosting, ghosted) 1. A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STORY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GHOST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ghost/horror story ▪ They sat round the fire telling ghost stories. ▪ She …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STORY — (DESCRIPTION) [noun] [C] - a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series of events and, often, the characters …
Cambridge English vocab
STORY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GHOST — noun VERB + GHOST ▪ see ▪ You look as if you've seen a ~! ▪ believe in ▪ I …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STORY — See ↑ NEWS 3, ↑ STORY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ (a) likely story • ↑ funny story • ↑ hard-luck …
Longman Activator English vocab
STORY
Longman Activator English vocab
GHOST — INDEX: 1. a ghost 2. when there are ghosts in a place RELATED WORDS see also ↑ DIE ↑ DEAD …
Longman Activator English vocab
STORY — n. 25B6; noun an adventure story : TALE, narrative, account, anecdote; informal yarn, spiel. See list. the novel has a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GHOST — n. 25B6; noun his ghost haunts the crypt : SPECTRE, phantom, wraith, spirit, presence; apparition; informal spook. the ghost of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STORY — n. 1 narrative, tale, recounting, anecdote, yarn; account, recital, chronicle, record, history; legend, myth, fairy tale or story, romance, gest …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STORY
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GHOST — 1. сущ. 1) привидение, призрак; дух to see a ghost ≈ видеть привидение a ghost appears ≈ привидение появляется to …
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