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death

UK/dɛθ/ US/dɛθ/ very common

noun

1.

the event of dying or departure from life

  • “her death came as a terrible shock”
  • “upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren”
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2.

the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism

  • “the animal died a painful death”
3.

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

  • “she stayed until his death”
  • “a struggle to the last”
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4.

the personification of death

  • “Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city”
5.

the absence of life or state of being dead

  • “he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life”
6.

the time when something ends

  • “it was the death of all his plans”
  • “a dying of old hopes”
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7.

the act of killing

  • “he had two deaths on his conscience”
8.

a final state

  • “he came to a bad end”
  • “the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end”
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Origin

From Middle English deth, deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”).

Phrases

  • accidental death
  • anally inflicted death sentence
  • angel of death
  • apparent death
  • article of death
  • at death's door
  • Black Death
  • black screen of death

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