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Noun inspiration has 6 senses
- inspiration - arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
--1 is a kind of idea, thought
--1 has particulars: source, seed, germ; mother; afflatus
- inspiration, brainchild - a product of your creative thinking and work; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality"
--2 is a kind of product, production
- inspiration - a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
--3 is a kind of intuition
--3 is a part of problem solving
- divine guidance, inspiration - (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance"
--4 is a kind of cognitive factor
- inspiration, stirring - arousing to a particular emotion or action
--5 is a kind of arousal, rousing
- inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in - the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
--6 is a kind of breath
--6 is a part of breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
--6 has particulars: gasp, pant; puff, drag, pull
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