ghost

/gəʊst/ noun [C]

Definition

› the spirit of a dead person which appears to people who are alive: Do you believe in ghosts? a ghost story

ghostly adjective › a ghostly figure

(Definition of ghost noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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