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death

Pronunciation: /dɛθ/

The English word “death” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Execution (in the judicial sense).
  3. The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
  4. The collapse or end of something.
  5. A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
  6. Spiritual lifelessness.

Etymology

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”),…

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