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mantra

/ˈmɑn.tɹə/noun2 syllables

Mantra means: a commonly repeated word or phrase.

Synonyms for mantra7

also used for mantra

incantation, intonation, recitation, catchphrase, phrase, saying, slogan

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What does mantra mean?2

noun

1

a commonly repeated word or phrase“she repeated ‘So pleased with how it's going’ at intervals like a mantra”

2

(Sanskrit) literally a ‘sacred utterance’ in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Mantra in a sentence

  • He loved to repeat a phrase, a kind of personal mantra.Nuel
  • He says frugality was the mantra for an older generation, but that is changing.Cangarejo
  • The monks chanted a mantra in unison.darinmex
  • Agreeing to disagree has become our mantra.Nuel

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Forms of mantra

as a noun

plural
mantras