Dead

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Derived terms 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: dĕd
• IPA: /ded/
• SAMPA: /ded/
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Etymology

Old English dēad

Adjective

dead

1. not alive; lacking life.

   All of my grandparents are dead.

2. someone who is so hated by another that they are absolutely ignored by them.

   He is dead to me.

3. (Of a machine or device) completely inactive: without power.
4. (cricket) describing the state of the ball when not in play, and runs may not be scored and batsmen cannot be out.
5. (baseball) ((slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) an 1800s baseball term meaning a player who is tagged out

Synonyms

• See WikiSaurus:dead

Antonyms

• alive
• living

Translations

Albanian: vdekur Breton: maro Catalan: mort Chinese Characters: 死 Chinese: 死 Croatian: mrtav Czech: mrtvý m, mrtvá f, mrtvé n, mrtví pl Danish: død c Dutch: dood, dode, overleden, gestorven Finnish: kuollut (1, 3) French: mort m, morte f Frisian: dea, deade German: tot (1,3), gestorben (2)

Hungarian: halott Indonesian: mati, meninggal Interlingua: morte Italian: morto m, morta f Japanese: 死んだ (shinda) Latin: mortuus m, mortua f, mortuum n Low Saxon: dood Portuguese: morto m, morta f Romanian: mort m, moartă f Russian: мертвый m, мертвая f (1); Ð´Ð¾Ñ Ð»Ñ‹Ð¹ m, Ð´Ð¾Ñ Ð»Ð°Ñ f (coll., disparaging) (1, 3) Scots Gaelic: marbh Slovak: mŕtvy Slovene: mrtev m., mrtva f., mrtvo n. (1,3) Spanish: muerto m, muerta f Swedish: död (1,3)

Noun

dead

1. usually collectively, those who have died.

   Have respect for the dead.

2. Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

   The dead of night.

Synonyms

• deceased

Translations

• Chinese: 死者
• Danish: død c
• Dutch: doden pl, overledenen pl, gestorvenen pl
• Finnish: kuolleet pl
• German: Toten f pl
• Spanish: muerte f
• Swedish: döda pl
• French: mort f

Adverb

dead

1. exactly; right

   He hit the target dead in the centre.

2. ((slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly

   She's dead sexy.

   He's dead stupid.

   I'm dead tired.

   That's dead sure!

   Come to a dead stop.

Translations

• Dutch: bloed- (2), oer- (2), dood- (2)

  Ze is bloedmooi; Hij is oerdom ; Ik ben doodmoe

• Finnish: sairaan (slang) (2)
• German: genau (1), tod- (2)

Derived terms

• deaden
• deadly
• death
• deadbeat
• dead beat
• dead end
• dead heat
• dead last
• dead leg
• dead letter
• deadline
• deadlock
• deadpan
• dead reckoning
• dead set against
• dead space
• dead weight
• the dead
• undead

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Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic *daudhaz

Adjective

dēad

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