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death
English
Alternative forms
- deth (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English deeth, from Old English d?aþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish död), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ówtus. Equivalent to die +? -th. More at die.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?th, IPA(key): /d??/
- Rhymes: -??
- (West Country) IPA(key): /di??/
- Homophones: debt (with th-stopping), deaf (with th-fronting)
Noun
death (countable and uncountable, plural deaths)
- 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, nonliving state.
- Execution (in the judicial sense).
- Execution (in the judicial sense).
- (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English d?aþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male ???????? (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics.
- (the death) The collapse or end of something.
- 1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand (page 90)
- He may even find himself being blamed if the project dies a quick and horrible death at the box office or is unceremoniously axed by the network.
- (figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
- 1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand (page 90)
- (figuratively) Spiritual lifelessness.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:death
Derived terms
Pages starting with “death”.
Translations
See also
Further reading
- The Definition of Death - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Anagrams
- Theda, hated
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departure
English
Etymology
From Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??p??(?)tj?(?)/, /d??p??(?)t???(?)/
Noun
departure (countable and uncountable, plural departures)
- The act of departing or something that has departed.
- A deviation from a plan or procedure.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- any departure from a national standard
- There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- (euphemistic) A death.
- His timely departure […] barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries.
- (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
- (surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
- (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.
Synonyms
- leaving
Antonyms
- arrival
Related terms
- depart
- departure lounge
- departure tax
Translations
Further reading
- departure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- apertured
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