deceased
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4.3
- noun
- /dɪˈsiːst/
:
fallecido
- Many people attended the funeral of the deceased to pay their last respects.
She did teach me how to talk to the deceased.
- She did teach me how to talk to the deceased.
- He crashed his funerals under the pretense of having known the the deceased.
Examples
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Cotunio Hospital was the last place that the deceased had been.
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"Deceased was struck by a vehicle, make unknown, driver unknown, on Bay Canyon Drive just outside the Corbata Club.
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You may invite anybody, living or deceased, who truly has your best interest in mind.
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His poor son Sean was found deceased in his bedroom by his mother.
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Are you saying, are you expecting that for you to be comfortable that I change the way I refer to my deceased parents?
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And some of the stories they will tell are the stories of the deceased, the orphans and the displaced.
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For months after his death, I received mail returned marked "Addressee Deceased."
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So the mother of the deceased military officer, police Officer Marco Triesy's mother, she got a visit from the military.
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One of Don Junior's closest friends was the the now deceased sadly CEO and founder of of Kuyu.
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THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE DECEASED!
Synonyms
362
4.9
A dead body of a person
234
1.6
A person or animal that is no longer alive
171
6.0
The body parts left after a person has died
110
1.0
People who are no longer alive
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1.0
A person who is no longer alive
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9.8
A person who is dead, especially in legal papers
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6.3
A person who has died
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2.1
A person who is dead
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9.9
A dead person or animal
An old word for a dead person
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deceased comes from the parts de- meaning 'away' and cease meaning 'to stop'. So a deceased person is someone who has 'gone away' or 'stopped' living, which is why we use it to mean a person who has died.