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death
What does death mean?
death (noun): the event of dying or departure from life.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use death in a sentence?
- Her death came as a terrible shock. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce death?
/dɛθ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does death come from?
From Middle English deth, deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of death?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “death”?
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What does “death” mean?
a motive for an action or a determination
Not quite: that's what reason means.
the event of dying or departure from life
Right! That's what “death” means.
a flow of electricity through a conductor
Not quite: that's what current means.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
Not quite: that's what team means.
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