inspiration

CEFRB2

/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A feeling or idea that encourages creativity or action.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A single inward breath (intake of air).

Examples

  • Dreams can be a rich source of inspiration for an artist.

  • What is your greatest source of inspiration?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˌɪn.spəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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, t...

  2. 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 breathing.

  3. 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.

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In context

  • She was waiting for inspiration to write a book.

  • I lost my inspiration.

  • The question, therefore, at issue is, not whether those external means be sufficient without grace and divine inspiration, for none pretends that": but, in order to hinder men from feigning or imagining an inspiration, whether it has not been God's economy, a...

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Origin

noun

From Middle English inspiracioun, from Old French inspiration, from Late Latin īnspīrātiōnem (nominative: īnspīrātiō), from Latin īnspīrātus (past participle of inspīrō). By surface analysis, inspire + -ation. Displaced native Old English onbryrdnes (literally “in-pricked-ness”).