DECEASED | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of deceased in English deceasedadjective   formal uk /dɪˈsiːst/ us /dɪˈsiːst/ Add to word list Add to word list C2 dead: the recently deceased Member of Parliament Synonyms departed literary gone (LEFT)Compare late adjective Death and dying

• all-cause mortality
• ante mortem
• bereave
• bite
• bleed out phrasal verb
• death toll
• ghost
• give up the ghost idiom
• pass on phrasal verb
• peg out phrasal verb
• perish
• pop off phrasal verb
• posthumously
• preterminal
• raise
• sinking fast idiom
• snuff it idiom
• starve
• toll
• with your last/dying breath idiom

See more results » deceasednoun [ C ]   formal uk /dɪˈsiːst/ us /dɪˈsiːst/ plural the deceased  the deceased C2 a person who has recently died: The deceased shot her mother before killing herself. Five of the deceased were employed by the club. Synonym the departed formal Death and dying

• all-cause mortality
• ante mortem
• bereave
• bite
• bleed out phrasal verb
• death toll
• ghost
• give up the ghost idiom
• pass on phrasal verb
• peg out phrasal verb
• perish
• pop off phrasal verb
• posthumously
• preterminal
• raise
• sinking fast idiom
• snuff it idiom
• starve
• toll
• with your last/dying breath idiom

See more results » (Definition of deceased from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

deceased | American Dictionary

deceasedadjective [ not gradable ] us /dɪˈsist/ Add to word list Add to word list dead: The paintings are by his deceased brother, Dan. deceasednoun [ C ] us /dɪˈsist/ someone who has recently died: There will be no service, at the deceased’s request. (Definition of deceased from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

deceased | Business English

deceasedadjective   formal uk /dɪˈsiːst/ us Add to word list Add to word list dead: A death certificate for the deceased owner of the property is required. deceasednoun uk /dɪˈsiːst/ us  the deceased formal used in official documents as a way of referring to a person who has died: Executors have the authority to administer the estate of the deceased. (Definition of deceased from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of deceased

deceased In somatic care and prescribed drugs, the expenditure clearly decreased with age among deceased individuals. From the Cambridge English Corpus On the other hand, for somatic care and prescribed drugs the expenditure clearly decreased with age among deceased individuals. From the Cambridge English Corpus The deceased's sons would receive only whatever property and riches their father had settled upon them and whatever additional lands their uncle had acquired. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The deceased's headdress, insignia and medals are borne on a velvet cushion into the funeral service. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Walking immediately behind were the members of the deceased's family. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such as setting and placing the taste buds and decorating the deceased's face with them using intricate pattern, to symbolize the cause of death. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Funerary art, such as relief sculpture on sarcophagi, sometimes showed scenes from the deceased's life, including birth or the first bath. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Members of the deceased's family were allowed to stop mourning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Staves and scepters representing the deceased's office in life were often present as well. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Partially fed infected ticks can detach from their deceased host and may successfully reattach and feed on a new host. From the Cambridge English Corpus The tablecloth becomes a significant way to honor the deceased. From the Cambridge English Corpus Inscriptions typically give the deceased's name and years lived, and in some cases, note the deceased's rank, company, and/or war in which they served. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After the burial service, family members wash their hair with a shampoo called "gugu" to remove the influence of the deceased's spirit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As indicated above, parental sentiment for deceased children also may be revealed through the selection of durable items placed with a deceased child. From the Cambridge English Corpus Such deposits suggest that burial might have been conceived as placing the deceased in a watery environment. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of deceased These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of deceased?

Translations of deceased

in Chinese (Traditional) 死的，死亡的，去世的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 死的，死亡的，去世的… See more in Spanish difunto, fallecido/ida [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese falecido, falecido/-da [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian दिवंगत… See more 死んだ, 死（し）んだ… See more merhum, rahmetli, ölmüş… See more décédé/-ée, défunt/-unte, décédé… See more difunt… See more overleden… See more இறந்தார்… See more मृत… See more મરહૂમ, અવસાન પામેલા… See more afdød… See more avliden… See more mati… See more verstorben… See more avdød, omkommet, (av)død… See more مرنے والا… See more померлий, покійний… See more మరణించిన… See more মৃত… See more zesnulý… See more mati, meninggal… See more ซึ่งตายแล้ว… See more đã chết… See more zmarły, nieżyjący… See more 죽은… See more deceduto… See more Need a translator?

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