deceased

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who is no longer alive
  2. verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  3. adjective dead

Etymology

From decease + -ed, from Middle English deceas via Old French [Term?], from Latin dēcessus (“departure”), equivalent to dēced-, variation of dēcēdō, dēcēdere (“to go away”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed

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