Death

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Pronunciation

AHD: dĕth
IPA: /deθ/
SAMPA: /deT/

Noun

death

The cessation of life and all associated processes. The end of an organism's existence as an independent entity from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

Translations

Catalan: mort m
Chinese: 死亡
Chinese Characters: 死
Czech: smrt f
Dutch: dood m
Esperanto: morto
Finnish: kuolema
French: mort f
Frisian: dea m
German: Tod, m
Guarani: mano, e'õ (t-)
Hebrew: מוות /mavet/ f
Interlingua: morte
Italian: morte f
Japanese: 死 (shi)
Latin: mors (gen.: mortis)
Lithuanian: mirtis f
Low Saxon: dood m
Norwegian: død m
Polish: śmierć f, zgon m
Portuguese: morte f
Romanian: moarte f
Russian: смeрть /smert'/ f
Slovak: smrť f
Slovene: smrt f
Spanish: muerte f
Swedish: död c
Tupinambá: e'õ (t-)

WordNet Definitions

eight

1. death, decease -- (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").
2. death -- (the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death").
3. death, last -- (the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last").
4. Death -- (the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city").
5. death -- (the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life").
6. death, dying, demise -- (the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes").
7. death -- (the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience").
8. end, destruction, death -- (a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end").

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