inspiration
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.
Other meanings
A single inward breath (intake of air).
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority
Synonyms
- inhalation
- intake
- breathing in
Related words
- fitspiration
- inspirationism
- inspo
- singspiration
- inspirational
- thinspiration
- inspirationist
- bioinspiration
- inspiration porn
- misinspiration
- reinspiration
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "īnspīrātus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inspiration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.