Inspiration

Word INSPIRATION
Character 11
Hyphenation in spi ra tion
Pronunciations /ɪnspɨˈɹeɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Inspiration"

What do we mean by inspiration?

The excitement of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity. noun

The condition of being so excited. noun

The quality of being so excited, as manifested in something. noun

A person or thing that moves the intellect or emotions or prompts action or invention. noun

Something, such as a sudden creative act or idea, that is inspired. noun

Divine guidance or influence exerted directly on a human mind or soul. noun

The act of drawing in, especially the inhalation of air into the lungs. noun

The act of inspiring or breathing in; a drawing into the lungs, as of air; inhalation; the first movement in the act of respiration, followed by expiration. noun

A breathing or infusion into the mind or soul; an awakening or creation of thought, purpose, or any mental condition, by some specific external influence; intellectual exaltation; an inexplicable cognition, as the knowledge of an axiom, according to a priori philosophers. noun

In theology, an influence directly and immediately exerted by the Spirit of God upon the soul of man: in Christian theology, used especially with reference to the Old and New Testaments, regarded as written under the direct influence of God exercised upon the thoughts and feelings of the writers. ; noun

The state or condition of being inspired; determination or purpose excited by a specific external influence; communicated bent of mind. noun

That which is impressed by an inspiring influence; a thought or an emotion borne in upon one by an occult prompting or impulse. noun

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration. noun

The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates noun

A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. noun

That kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message. noun

That kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message. noun

The act of inspiring or breathing in. noun

Breath noun

The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.

A breath, a single inhalation.

A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.

A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.

A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.

A word for that special herb. Urban Dictionary

See instead plagiarism. Urban Dictionary

A particular person you look up to. Urban Dictionary

What you use for those intimate personal exchanges between hand and genitals Urban Dictionary

Rises up to the challenges in life. / Sets goals. / Acheive goals. / Living up to all that could be! Urban Dictionary

That feeling inside you that makes you want to try new things. It gives you hope inside and makes you see the world differently. If it's powerful enough, it can persuade you to do anything. Sometimes the person who inspires you could be a political figure, or a celebrity or even your parents. It could be anybody. Urban Dictionary

A combination of the word inspiring and spiraling, common when a group of people are brainstorming, have a series of good ideas, and then those ideas get out of control or silly and the group has to rein back in the topic. Urban Dictionary

Inspirement: (Noun) Pronounced "In-spire-ment". The act of becoming motivated, encouraged, and enthused to the point of making a significant difference or change. Urban Dictionary

1. amazing, brilliant, wonderful, impressive, exciting, outstanding, thrilling, memorable, dazzling, enthralling, superlative, of genius She produced an inspired performance. 2. stimulated, possessed, aroused, uplifted, exhilarated, stirred up, enthused, exalted, elated, Urban Dictionary

Inspirate incorrect Frenglish translation of the French verb inspirer tags: Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Inspiration

The word "inspiration" in example sentences

For example, the word inspiration literally means “to breathe in.” ❋ M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa (2001)

If the term inspiration were to fall into disuse, no fact of nature, or history, or language, no event in the life of man, or dealings of God with him, would be in any degree altered. ❋ 1817-1893 (1907)

Here, however, inspiration is code for stereotypes and prejudice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Again, Joanna goes for the jugular, saying if the inspiration is the sea, it's a polluted sea with plastic bottles in it. ❋ Una LaMarche (2010)

The key to inspiration is to be in communication with it at all times. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Partly the inspiration is the lyricism, the writing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The problem with the word inspiration is that it has a long tradition of pseudo-spiritual implications. ❋ Unknown (2007)

While the inspiration is acknowledged, and the real stories used, Holm is clear that she is writing fiction. ❋ Unknown (2006)

She picked up the brush at just 6 years old, but the visions -- what she calls inspiration from God -- started when she was just 4. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But when the heat changes its place, and the particles at the other exit grow warmer, the hotter air inclining in that direction and carried towards its native element, fire, pushes round the air at the other; and this being affected in the same way and communicating the same impulse, a circular motion swaying to and fro is produced by the double process, which we call inspiration and expiration. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And this is what I call inspiration, she thought and gave herself over to his kiss. ❋ Caridad Pineiro (2006)

Rijo says his inspiration is his lasting memory of walking off the mound in July, 1995, headed towards his sixth elbow surgery. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The motive, the inspiration is a fanatical zeal which finds as much pleasure in war as in peace, as much fulfillment in dying as in life. ❋ ITY Brown University (1997)

[I need] some inspiration, [man]. ❋ AO'CB (2009)

[Perhaps] [a hundred] years ago or more, it was called inspiration. Now it's called [plagiarism]. ❋ Killing Kittens (2005)

“My inspiration is Courtney [Stapleton].” “Omg yes, mine is [Eloise] [Davies]!” ❋ Sincerelyme.deh (2020)

Scott: You saw that episode of Oprah today, right? Danny: [Oh, no] doubt, boy! I'd love to be [hitting the switches] on that hoe! Scott: I know! She was my inspiartion this afternoon during [alone time]. ❋ Xyourxworstxnightmarex (2005)

In spite of all the [hurdles] in life, #20 rose up to the challenges, set and achieved goals ~ game-wise and personally, to becomme PRMHA [bantam] most inspirational [hockey player] of 2010. ❋ Isabelydancer00 (2010)

Bob: My [inspiration] is [my dad]. [Nel]: Why? Bob: Because he can fix anything. ❋ Hidden_Unseen (2013)

[Mitchell], I really think your first idea was fantastic and spurred a lot of other ideas, but now we are [inspiraling] and need to refocus on which ideas are [realistic]. ❋ Table22forLife (2019)

Ex 1: Person 1: Dude, I'm [so burnt] out from mid-terms, I really need some [inspirement] to make it through these [finals]. Person 2: I know, man, I'm so worn down from all this work. ❋ Zom-B2487 (2008)

Of such surpassing brilliance or excellence as to suggest divine inspiration: an inspired musician; an inspired performance. Aroused or guided by or as if aroused or guided by divine inspiration an inspired performance she was like one inspired. Extremely accurate or apt but based on intuition rather than knowledge or logical [deduction] an inspired guess. Resulting from such inspiration: an inspired poem; an inspired plan. Inhaled: inspired air. To fill with an [animating], [quickening], or [exalting] influence: His courage inspired his followers. To produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.): to inspire confidence in others. To fill or affect with a specified feeling, thought, etc.: to inspire a person with distrust. To give inspiration. Being [inspirated]. Aroused or guided by or as if aroused or guided by divine inspiration: an inspired performance ; she was like one inspired Extremely accurate or apt but based on intuition rather than knowledge or logical deduction: an inspired guess ❋ TX97 (2011)

Inspirate, per se, does not exist in English. The French term [inspirer] translated into English, is actually the verb to inspire in [correct English], not Inspirate. Although, I will [concede] one point; inspiration in French does indeed translate to inspiration in English. ❋ Sexydimma (2013)

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