inspiration
31inspiration — [[t]ɪ̱nspɪre͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] inspirations 1) N UNCOUNT Inspiration is a feeling of enthusiasm you get from someone or something, which gives you new and creative ideas. My inspiration comes from poets like Baudelaire and Jacques Prévert... What… …
32INSPIRATION — n. f. T. de Physiologie Action par laquelle l’air entre dans le poumon; mouvement opposé à l’expiration. Il se dit, par analogie, d’une Sorte de souffle divin qui pousse à tel ou tel acte. Inspiration du ciel, de Dieu, d’en haut. Il lui vint une… …
33Inspiration — Eingebung; Flause; Impuls; Erleuchtung; Einfall; Gedanke; Intuition; Anwandlung; Anregung; Grille; (plötzliche) Erkenntnis; Idee * * * …
34inspiration — noun (C, U) 1 a sudden good idea about what you should do or say: I haven t started writing the article yet I m still waiting for inspiration. 2 the state of being given encouragement or good ideas about what you should do: divine inspiration… …
35Inspiration — That extraordinary or supernatural divine influence vouchsafed to those who wrote the Holy Scriptures, rendering their writings infallible. All scripture is given by inspiration of God (R.V., Every scripture inspired of God ), 2 Tim. 3:16.… …
36inspiration — noun 1) her work is a real inspiration to others Syn: guiding light, example, model, muse, motivation, encouragement, influence, spur, stimulus, lift, boost, incentive, impulse, catalyst 2) his work lacks inspiration …
37inspiration — noun 1) she s an inspiration to others Syn: stimulus, motivation, encouragement, influence, spur 2) his work lacks inspiration Syn: creativity, invention, innovation, ingenuity, imagination …
38inspiration — [ˌɪnspəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] someone or something that gives you the enthusiasm and new ideas to create something, or a feeling of enthusiasm like this Her short story was the original inspiration for the film.[/ex] • be an inspiration to sb to… …
39inspiration — /in speuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration. 2. something inspired, as an idea. 3. a result of inspired activity. 4. a thing or person that inspires. 5. Theol. a. a divine… …
40inspiration — The belief in the OT that prophets were so filled with the ‘spirit’ that their utterances conveyed a divine message (Num. 24:2), which was sometimes validated by eccentric behaviour (1 Sam. 10:6). In the NT the Spirit [[➝ spirit]] was also… …
