ghost
verb/ɡəʊst/
/ɡəʊst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ghost | /ɡəʊst/ /ɡəʊst/ |
| he / she / it ghosts | /ɡəʊsts/ /ɡəʊsts/ |
| past simple ghosted | /ˈɡəʊstɪd/ /ˈɡəʊstɪd/ |
| past participle ghosted | /ˈɡəʊstɪd/ /ˈɡəʊstɪd/ |
| -ing form ghosting | /ˈɡəʊstɪŋ/ /ˈɡəʊstɪŋ/ |
- (also ghostwrite)[transitive, usually passive, intransitive] to write a book, an article, etc. for another person who publishes it as their own work
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary) to move without making a sound
- They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.
- [transitive] ghost somebody to suddenly stop all communication with somebody, usually online, in order to end a relationship
- After three dates, she ghosted me.
- When you're ghosted, it's difficult, because you may hang on to false hope.
Word OriginOld English gāst (in the sense ‘spirit, soul’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geest and German Geist. The gh- spelling occurs first in Caxton, probably influenced by Flemish gheest.
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