immortality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of being immortal. ▸ Never dying
His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."
1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 4In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.
In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 201:
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of being immortal. ▸ Being remembered forever
You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.
2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| immortalities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
peach of immortality · cyberimmortality · quantum immortality · biological immortality
Hypernyms
Relateds
undead · immortal · agelessness · elixir of life · mortality
Synonyms
deathlessness · everlasting life · undeadliness (never dying) · athanasy · eternal life · immortality
Translations (61)
he אלמלי (condition of not being susceptible to death) · sv odödlighet (condition of not being susceptible to death) · et surematus (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ar خُلُود (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ang undēadlīcnes (condition of not being susceptible to death) · pl nieśmiertelność (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ky өлүмсүздүк (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ro imortalitate (condition of not being susceptible to death) · sk nesmrteľnosť (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ja 不朽 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · he אלמות (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ja 不老不死 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · grc ἀθανασία (condition of not being susceptible to death) · uk безсме́ртя (condition of not being susceptible to death) · hy անմահություն (condition of not being susceptible to death) · hu halhatatlanság (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ky өлбөстүк (condition of not being susceptible to death) · be бессмяро́тнаць (condition of not being susceptible to death) · mk бесмртност (condition of not being susceptible to death) · fa نامیرایی (condition of not being susceptible to death) · it immortalità (condition of not being susceptible to death) · hi चिरस्थायित्व (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ru бессме́ртие (condition of not being susceptible to death) · cmn 永生 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ru бессме́ртность (condition of not being susceptible to death) · sh bèsmrtnōst (condition of not being susceptible to death) · lv nemirstība (condition of not being susceptible to death) · la immortālitās (condition of not being susceptible to death) · th อมตภาพ (condition of not being susceptible to death) · da udødelighed (condition of not being susceptible to death) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · el αθανασία (condition of not being susceptible to death) · is ódauðleiki (condition of not being susceptible to death) · fr immortalité (condition of not being susceptible to death) · es inmortalidad (condition of not being susceptible to death) · az ölümsüzlük (condition of not being susceptible to death) · sh бѐсмртно̄ст (condition of not being susceptible to death) · eo senmorteco (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ja 永生 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · pt imortalidade (condition of not being susceptible to death) · de Unsterblichkeit (condition of not being susceptible to death) · gl inmortalidade (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ca immortalitat (condition of not being susceptible to death) · tl kawalang-kamatayan (condition of not being susceptible to death) · az ölməzlik (condition of not being susceptible to death) · nl onsterfelijkheid (condition of not being susceptible to death) · tr ölümsüzlük (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ka უკვდავება (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ko 불사신 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ja 不死 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · zdj uhayati wa ɗaima (condition of not being susceptible to death) · nb udødelighet (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ny chamuyaya (condition of not being susceptible to death) · fi kuolemattomuus (condition of not being susceptible to death) · bg безсмъ́ртие (condition of not being susceptible to death) · he אלמלא (condition of not being susceptible to death) · cmn 不朽 (condition of not being susceptible to death) · sl nesmrtnost (condition of not being susceptible to death) · ast inmortalidá (condition of not being susceptible to death) · cs nesmrtelnost (condition of not being susceptible to death) · sw hali ya kutokufa (condition of not being susceptible to death)