ghost

1. (countable, uncountable)A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

   Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.

   He believes in ghosts.

   Gespenst, Geist, Phantom

   привиде́ниеprividénije, при́зракprízrak, фанто́мfantóm

   при́видprývyd, прима́раprymára, мара́mará

   the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.

   not a ghost of a chance

   the ghost of an idea

   Schatten

   ма́ревоmárevo, мара́mará, фанто́мfantóm

3. (countable, uncountable)A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).

   Geisterbild

   артефа́ктartefákt

4. (countable, slang, uncountable)A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.

5. (countable, uncountable)A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.

6. (countable, uncountable)A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).

7. (Internet, countable, uncountable)An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.

8. (countable, uncountable)A copy of a file or record.

9. (countable, uncountable)An understudy.

10. (countable, uncountable)A covert (and deniable) agent.

11. (countable, uncountable)An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.

12. (countable, uncountable)Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.

1. I think I saw a ghost.

   Мені здається, я бачив привида.

   ruКажется, я видел привидение.

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2. Tom claims he's seen a ghost.

   Том стверджує, що бачив привида.

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3. Tom says he saw a ghost.

   Том каже, що бачив привида.

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4. Are you sure it was a ghost?

   Ти впевнений, що це привид?

   ruВы уверены, что это был призрак?

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5. Tom claims that he's seen a ghost.

   Том стверджує, що бачив привида.

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