deceased

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Pronunciation

Adjective

deceased (not comparable)

  1. No longer alive
    • That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not ’alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein’ tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk. Monty Python
  2. Belonging to the dead.
    • The executor’s commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.
  3. (law): One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Synonyms

Usage notes

Noun

deceased (plural deceased)

  1. A dead person
    • The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.
  2. (plural deceased) dead people
    • A memorial to the deceased of two World Wars.
  3. (law): One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Synonyms

Usage notes

Deceased is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings. Departed is most commonly used in religious settings.

Translations

dead person
  • Afrikaans: oorledene, afgestorwene
  • Bosnian: mrtvac bs(bs) m., pokojnik bs(bs) m.
  • Bulgarian: покойник bg(bg) m.
  • Catalan: difunt, mort
  • Croatian: mrtvac hr(hr) m., pokojnik hr(hr) m.
  • Dutch: overledene m. or f.
  • French: défunt fr(fr)
  • German: Verstorbene f., Verstorbener m.
  • Hebrew: מנוח (manoakh) m., מנוחה (menokha) f.; נפטר (nift'ar) m., נפטרת (nift'eret) f.
  • Japanese: 死人 (shinin)
  • Polish: zmarły pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: falecido m.
  • Russian: покойник ru(ru) (pokójnik) m., покойный ru(ru) (pokójnyj) m., умерший ru(ru) (uméršij) m.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: мртвац m., покојник m.
    Roman: mrtvac m., pokojnik m.
  • Slovene: preminuli m., preminula f., pokojnik m., pokojnica f.
  • Spanish: difunto es(es) m.
  • Swedish: avlidna c., avlidne m., döda c., döde m.
plural: dead people
  • Afrikaans: oorledenes, afgestorwenes
  • Dutch: overledenen pl.
  • French: défunts fr(fr)
  • German: Verstorbene pl., Tote pl. (general)
  • Japanese: 死人 (shinin)
  • Polish: zmarli m. pl.
  • Portuguese: falecidos pl., mortos pl.
  • Russian: погибшие (pogíbšije) pl.
  • Swedish: avlidna pl., döda pl.

 

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