Deceased - English meaning

adjective

No longer alive.

Usage examples:

A dead body

adverb

Absolutely; completely.

Usage examples:

You're dead right

adjective

Not now living

Usage examples:

She's been dead for 20 years now., dead on arrival the motorcyclist was dead on arrival at the hosp…

adjective

No longer existing or functioning.

Usage examples:

The now defunct somerset & dorset railway line

adjective

No longer existing

Usage examples:

He was a reporter for the defunct new york herald newspaper.

adjective

No longer existing or in use

Usage examples:

She had once worked for the traveller hotel chain (now defunct).

adjective

Dead.

Usage examples:

A dear departed relative

verb

Leave, especially in order to start a journey.

Usage examples:

They departed for germany

adjective

Dead

Usage examples:

We will always remember our dear departed friends., the old man talked about the departed triumphs …

verb

(of a document, authorization, or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity.

Usage examples:

His driving licence expired

verb

Past simple and past participle of expire

verb

If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use

Usage examples:

My passport expires next month., the contract between the two companies will expire at the end of t…

adjective

(of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.

Usage examples:

Trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct

adjective

No longer existing

Usage examples:

There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct., many species of plants and animals…

adjective

Not now existing

Usage examples:

Become extinct there is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct., many tribes became …

adjective

Past participle of fall.

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

adjective

Lying on the ground, after falling down

Usage examples:

A fallen tree was blocking the road., fallen leaves, the education minister will now join the ranks…

adjective

No longer present; departed.

Usage examples:

You were gone a long time

preposition

Past participle of go1.

verb

Move from one place to another; travel.

Usage examples:

He went out to the shops

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.

Usage examples:

A lion has made a kill

noun

(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.

Usage examples:

Kill van kull

adjective

A conventional way of describing someone who has died or something that has ceased to exist.

Usage examples:

The late and much lamented leonard bernstein

verb

Express passionate grief about.

Usage examples:

He was lamenting the death of his infant daughter

adjective

If someone or something is lamented, people feel sad that they have or it has gone

Usage examples:

No man was ever more respected or more lamented than he was., it was a reference to the lamented tv…

adjective

Doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time.

Usage examples:

His late arrival

adverb

After the expected, proper, or usual time.

Usage examples:

She arrived late

adjective

Dead or apparently dead.

Usage examples:

His lifeless body was taken from the river

adjective

Dead or appearing to be dead

Usage examples:

A lifeless body, fig. the performance was boring and lifeless (= lacking interest or energy).

adjective

Past and past participle of lose.

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Usage examples:

I've lost my appetite

adjective

(of a person) unable to find your way, or (of an item) not to be found

Usage examples:

A lost child/pet/earring, we got lost on the way home., fig. i’d be lost without you (= i would not…

verb

Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.

Usage examples:

He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

noun

The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Usage examples:

The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

noun

A very difficult or unpleasant task or experience.

Usage examples:

The 40-mile-per-hour winds at the summit were murder

verb

Die, especially in a violent or sudden way.

Usage examples:

A great part of his army perished of hunger and disease

adjective

Extremely cold

Usage examples:

Her hands were perished., i'm perished with cold.

verb

Kill (a person or animal) in a violent way.

Usage examples:

St george slew the dragon

Past participle of slay

adjective

Extremely drunk.

Usage examples:

Jim got absolutely slaughtered

verb

Kill (animals) for food.

Usage examples:

At present the abattoir is slaughtering animals for the domestic market

adjective

To get very drunk