death
/dɛθ/
Frequency: 5.40 in modern English
Meaning
noun
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, non-living state.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, non-living state.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
Countable; Uncountable
name
The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "My grandfather died/met a violent death, which saddened the whole family."
- "But foraſmuch as this [the faintneſs of the Heart] is a very bad and heavy diſtemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death."
- "Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly."
- ""‘Death,’" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "‘is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.’""
- "Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, […]"
- "The serial killer was sentenced to death."
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Wiktionary places this term in Law.