decease en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈsiːs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).
Meanings
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(countable, formal, uncountable) Death, departure from life.
So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again after yourself's decease […]
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 13”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:I thought about my predecessor, who had died of drink and smoke; and I could have wished he had been so good as to live, and not bother me with his decease.
1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deceases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
decomposition · quietus · celestial transfer · dirt nap · defunction · fall · tomb · exit · sleep of the just · (the) bane · mortality · crash · death · end · downfall · demise · decease · expiration · repose · sunset · quietus · demise · dematerialization · passing · liquidation · the big sleep · doom · (the) end · fatality
Translations (39)
bn মৃত্যু (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · nb bortgang (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · ca defunció (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · kmr mirin (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · nb død (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · kmr wefat (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · hy վախճան (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · ja 死去 (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · es óbito (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · es fallecimiento (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · fi kuolema (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · nl overlijden (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · ja 物故 (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · sv bortgång (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · es deceso (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · de Hinschied (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · bn ওফাত (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · ja 他界 (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · cs smrt (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · gl pasamento (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · pt falecimento (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · bg смърт (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · es perecimiento (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · ar رحل عن الحياة (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · es fenecimiento (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · bg кончина (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · gl falecemento (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · fr décès (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · gl óbito (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · fi poismeno (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · it decesso (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · de Exitus (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · de Ableben (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · gl finamento (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · ml മരണം (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · da bortgang (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · cs skon (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · cmn 死亡 (departure, especially departure from this life; death) · es defunción (departure, especially departure from this life; death)