OBITUARY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of obituary in English obituarynoun [ C ] uk /əˈbɪtʃ.ʊə.ri/ us /oʊˈbɪtʃ.u.er.i/ (informal obit, uk/ˈəʊ.bɪt/ us/oʊˈbɪt/) Add to word list Add to word list a report, especially in a newspaper, that gives the news of someone's death and details about their life Remembering people who have died

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• bereaved
• bereavement
• dear departed
• Devon
• epitaph
• grief
• grief-stricken
• grieve
• grieving
• keen
• memorial
• Memorial Day
• mourn for someone
• mournfulness
• nine night
• poppy
• Remembrance Day
• wake

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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features (Definition of obituary from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

obituary | American Dictionary

obituarynoun [ C ] us /oʊˈbɪtʃ·uˌer·i/ (infml obit, us/oʊˈbɪt/) Add to word list Add to word list a notice, esp. in a newspaper, of a person’s death, usually with details about his or her life (Definition of obituary from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of obituary

obituary The book is divided into sections devoted to interview features, articles on aesthetics, music and politics, and concert reviews, and obituaries of leading figures. From the Cambridge English Corpus Her "space-sharing model" of obituaries provides the possibility of conceptualizing relationships between actual and linguistic space. From the Cambridge English Corpus Although this may be characteristic of many obituaries, there is a sense of surprise which adds authenticity to their utterance. From the Cambridge English Corpus There was no eulogy or obituary in a national newspaper. From the Cambridge English Corpus Adopting this model of life lends to the obituary the taken-for-granted veracity of conventional narrative. From the Cambridge English Corpus Names of deceased entomologists, or scientists from other fields who have contributed to entomology are included, with the citation for their biography or obituary. From the Cambridge English Corpus Contemporary obituaries have long influenced not only the scope, but the prose of biographical dictionaries. From the Cambridge English Corpus It also demonstrates that an obituary need not be as 'grim as death itself,' in the words of the textbook. From the Cambridge English Corpus The tone of most media obituaries was critical. From the Cambridge English Corpus An obituary will appear in a future issue of this journal. From the Cambridge English Corpus As a form of paid advertising, obituaries tell us something about newspapers' readership and how readers incorporate newspapers into cultural rituals such as death practices. From the Cambridge English Corpus But it is not quite yet time to write the citation bank's obituary. From the Cambridge English Corpus Some of her data give credence to the hypothesis that obituaries are a form of public space whose distribution is controlled by men. From the Cambridge English Corpus This ranges impressively from 200,000-year-old fossils to 17th century obituaries and early 20th century correspondence. From the Cambridge English Corpus The participants were identified through obituaries in the local press. From the Cambridge English Corpus 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 obituary? What is the pronunciation of obit?

Translations of obituary

in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指報紙上的）訃告，訃聞… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指报纸上的）讣告，讣闻… See more in Spanish necrología, obituario [masculine, singular]… See more in Portuguese obituário, necrológio, obituário [masculine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian （新聞、インターネットの）死亡記事, 死亡記事（しぼうきじ）… See more vefat/ölüm ilanı, ölüm ilanı… See more notice [feminine] nécrologique, nécrologie, notice nécrologique… See more necrologia… See more overlijdensbericht… See more nekrolog… See more nekrolog… See more pengumuman kematian… See more การประกาศข่าวมรณกรรม… See more cáo phó… See more nekrolog… See more dödsruna, nekrolog, dödsannons… See more obituari… See more der Nachruf… See more nekrolog [masculine], minneord, nekrolog… See more 사망 기사… See more некролог… See more necrologio… See more Need a translator?

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