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/ɪnspɨˈɹeɪʃən/ · in·spi·ra·tion
noun
- The act of drawing air into the lungs; inhalation. She took a deep inspiration before diving into the cold water.
- A single breath. After a long run, he needed a quick inspiration to catch his breath.
- A supernatural divine influence that qualifies people to receive and communicate moral or religious truth, or the truth communicated by such influence. The poet claimed his verses were the result of divine inspiration.
Did you know? The word 'inspiration' was first recorded in English in the 14th century to describe literal breathing, and only in the 16th century did it acquire the modern sense of a sudden creative idea.