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The Britannica Dictionary deceased 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• deceased (adjective)

deceased /dɪˈsiːst/ adjective deceased /dɪˈsiːst/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of DECEASED : no longer living

• Both his parents are deceased. [=dead]
• his deceased aunt

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• My mother is deceased.
• Is your grandfather alive or deceased?

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the deceased

formal : a dead person or dead people

• a relative of the deceased
• Three of the deceased are being buried today.

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