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ghost

 
 
/gəʊst/ noun [C]

Translation

the spirit of a dead person which appears to people who are alive
hayalet
Do you believe in ghosts? a ghost story 727750
give up the ghost UK humorous If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working completely.
tamamen bozulmak, çökmek, çalışmamak
My car has given up the ghost.2503
ghostly adjective
ruhani
a ghostly figure
(Definition of ghost noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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