dead
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1.3
- adjective
- /dɛd/
- When it comes to the details of the project, I want you to be dead sure about your measurements.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then not having the leather straps are kind of dead giveaways, Dee says.
- And then not having the leather straps are kind of dead giveaways, Dee says.
- But they it was dead a winner when this happened.
Examples
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Or: "The only thing I'm sure of is that the past is absolutely dead."
Academic text (2017) -
Oh, yeah, dead serious.
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See how this is dead, dead, dead.
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But in that though, the American dream is dead, right?
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"We need to talk about the past." "The past is dead, Robert."
Fiction book (2002) -
My family is dead set against us marrying each other.
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And I'm dead set on living.
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"Never been to college," Simon said once, dead serious, like he was amazed Bryce thought he had.
Fiction book (2001) -
- I'm dead serious.
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Jacob catches his breath, gives Wes a dead serious look. # JACOB #
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
3
6.5
Very pale, still, or quiet like someone who is dead
1
5.7
Completely quiet with no sound at all
Idioms
- Informal
4
7.5
Continuing to talk about something already decided and pointless
Compounds
- Specialized
60
7.4
A person with no brain activity and no chance to get better, though the body may still work
10
6.1
A group of ancient Hebrew and Aramaic writings found in caves near the Dead Sea
- Jargon
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9.3
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
- Specialized
2
8.1
To estimate your position using direction, distance, and past information without tools
- Specialized
1
8.2
A position where the piston and rod are straight so the engine cannot turn
- Literature
1
7.4
A phrase that once made a clear picture but now feels literal like 'leg of a table'
- UK
1
9.1
A cold room in hospitals and funeral homes that holds dead bodies before burial or cremation
- Specialized
1
7.7
A space with no air movement between layers that helps keep heat in or out
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9.1
A phrase used to describe famous white European men from history who stand for traditional ideas
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8.8
A small plant with leaves like stinging nettles that does not sting when touched, often in gardens
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7.0
A position for floating face down in the water with arms stretched forward to rest and breathe
- Specialized
1
8.2
A species or group that cannot have young and so ends its family line
- Specialized
Material made by heating limestone until it stops reacting and does not bind well
A European plant from the mint family with white flowers that looks like stinging nettles but does not sting
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Etymology
Dead originally meant 'not alive', and that sense of a 'total stop' led to a use meaning 'complete' or 'exact'. That's why 'dead accurate' or 'dead silence' means 'completely' accurate or silent.