death
1. the event of dying or departure from life (Freq. 45)
- her death came as a terrible shock
- upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
• Syn:
decease, expiry
• Ant:
birth
• Derivationally related forms:
decease (for: decease), die
• Hypernyms:
change, alteration, modification
• Hyponyms:
fatality, human death, martyrdom, megadeath, passing,
passing, departure, exit, expiration, going,
release, wrongful death
• Instance Hyponyms:
Crucifixion
2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (Freq. 39)
- the animal died a painful death
• Derivationally related forms:
die
• Hypernyms:
organic phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
necrobiosis, cell death, necrosis, mortification, gangrene,
sphacelus, brain death, cerebral death
3. the absence of life or state of being dead (Freq. 24)
- he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
• Derivationally related forms:
die
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus,
extinction, defunctness, neonatal death, sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS, infant death,
crib death, cot death
4. the time when something ends (Freq. 14)
- it was the death of all his plans
- a dying of old hopes
• Syn:
dying, demise
• Ant:
birth
• Derivationally related forms:
die (for: dying), die
• Hypernyms:
end, ending
• Hyponyms:
grave
• Part Holonyms:
life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan
5. the time at which life ends;
continuing until dead (Freq. 4)
- she stayed until his death
- a struggle to the last
• Syn:
last
• Derivationally related forms:
die
• Hypernyms:
end, ending
6. a final state (Freq. 1)
- he came to a bad end
- the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
• Syn:
end, destruction
• Derivationally related forms:
die, end (for: end)
• Hypernyms:
state
7. the act of killing
- he had two deaths on his conscience
• Derivationally related forms:
deathly, die
• Hypernyms:
killing, kill, putting to death
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