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SOHL/səʊl/

A soul is the spiritual part of a person, deep feeling, or a kind of music: a soul in torment; soul music. Spirit is close (already in the dictionary); mind is more cognitive. The speaker claims a soul in torment. Mix-up: sole means only (previous entries); sold is past of sell. Do not write soul for “only carer”.

Meaning

The spiritual part of a person; also a person’s deep feelings, or a kind of music.

Examples

• “The poem’s speaker claims a soul in torment: quote, do not paraphrase only.”
• “A soul playlist featured in the music area of study, which is the genre sense.”

Good to know

heart and soul; a lost soul; soul music. Close: spirit. Trap: sole / sold. Literature, RS, and music. Spirit or genre, not “only”.

Near in meaning

spirit

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