Tra từ soul - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

soul [soul souls] BrE [səʊl] NAmE [soʊl] noun

SPIRIT OF PERSON
1. countable the spiritual part of a person, believed to exist after death
• He believed his immortal soul was in peril.
• The howling wind sounded like the wailing of lost souls (= the spirits of dead people who are not in heaven).

INNER CHARACTER
2. countable a person's inner character, containing their true thoughts and feelings
• There was a feeling of restlessness deep in her soul.

SPIRITUAL/MORAL/ARTISTIC QUALITIES
3. singular the spiritual and moral qualities of humans in general
Syn: ↑psyche
•the dark side of the human soul
4. uncountable, countable strong and good human feeling, especially that gives a work of art its quality or enables sb to recognize and enjoy that quality
• It was a very polished performance, but it lacked soul.
5. singular the ~ of sth a perfect example of a good quality
•He is the soul of discretion.

PERSON
6. countable (becoming old-fashioned)a person of a particular type
•She's lost all her money, poor soul.
•You're a brave soul.
7. countable (especially in negative sentences)a person
•There wasn't a soul in sight (= nobody was in sight).
•Don't tell a soul (= do not tell anyone).
• (literary)a village of 300 souls (= with 300 people living there)

MUSIC
8. (also ˈsoul music)uncountable a type of music that expresses strong emotions, made popular by African American musicians
•a soul singer
more at bare your soul (to sb) at ↑bare _v., body and soulkeep body and soul together at ↑body, God rest his/her soul at ↑god, heart and soul at ↑heart, the life and soul of the party etc. at ↑life, sell your soul (to the devil) at ↑sell _v.
Idiom: ↑good for the soul
See also: ↑soul music

Word Origin:
Old English sāwol, sāw(e)l, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziel and German Seele.

Culture:
Soul music developed out of ↑gospel and ↑rhythm and blues in the 1950s and 1960s. The most famous form of soul music was Motown. Well-known soul singers include James Brown, Marvin Gaye, The ↑Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Roberta Flack and Stevie Wonder.

Thesaurus:
soul noun C
•His poetry deals with the dark side of the human soul.
spirit • • mind • • the/your subconscious • |psychology ego •
the human soul/spirit/mind
Soul or spirit? Spirit is a more positive word than soul. We talk about lost/tormented/troubled souls but the power of the human spirit.

Collocations:
Religion
Being religious
believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
convert to/practise/ (especially US) practice a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
go to church/(NAmE) temple (= the synagogue)
go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
belong to a church/a religious community
join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
Celebrations and ritual
attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
go on/make a pilgrimage
celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
deliver/preach/hear a sermon
lead/address the congregation
say/recite a prayer/blessing
Religious texts and ideas
preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
be based on/derive from divine revelation
commit/consider sth heresy/sacrilege
Religious belief and experience
seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
strengthen/lose your faith
keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
save/purify/lose your soul
obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
be/accept/do God's will
receive/experience divine grace
achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
hear/answer a prayer
commit/confess/forgive a sin
do/perform penance

Example Bank:
•By midnight, there wasn't a soul in sight.
•Deep in her soul she knew she had to return to her country.
•God rest his soul.
•He bared his soul to her.
•He gave himself heart and soul to the cause.
•He let out an anguished cry from the depths of his soul.
•I don't know a single soul in this town.
•I searched my soul for any malice that could have provoked his words, but found none.
•I will not tell a soul about this.
•In the process of being made into a film, the story seemed to have lost its soul.
•Laughter is good for the soul.
•May God have mercy on my soul.
•Missionaries saw it as their task to save souls.
•She gave herself to him body and soul.
•She sang the song with passion and soul.
•She was a part of his soul.
•The dog was howling like a soul in torment.
•The messenger god, Hermes, leads dead souls into the underworld.
•The plea touched him to his very soul.
•There was no other living soul to be seen.
•They recognized each other as kindred souls.
•a battle for the soul of the country
•a kind old soul
•an argument for the immortality of the soul
•poor little soul
•to sell your soul to the Devil
•A few brave souls queued all night to get tickets for centre court.
•His poetry deals with the dark side of the human soul.
•I won't tell a soul.
•It means bad news for some poor soul.
•She's completely exhausted, poor soul!
•The howling wind sounded like the wailing of lost souls.
•There was not a soul about/in sight/to be seen.
•You mustn't tell a living soul what I just told you.