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dead
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- pronunciation:
- ded
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, adverb), Word Builder
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
deader, deadest |
| definition 1: |
lacking normal life functions; not alive.
My grandmother is living, but my grandfather is dead.I forgot to water that plant and now it's dead.He's sad because of his dead goldfish.
- synonyms:
- deceased
- antonyms:
- alive, live, living
- similar words:
- asleep, carrion, defunct, departed, done for, expired, extinct, gone, inanimate, late, lifeless
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| definition 2: |
resembling death.
She collapsed in a dead faint.- similar words:
- asleep, comatose, impassive, insensate, insensible, insensitive, lifeless, numb, unconscious
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| definition 3: |
useless or inactive.
I tried to make a call but the phone was dead.- synonyms:
- inoperative
- antonyms:
- live, viable
- similar words:
- broken, defunct, extinct, out of commission, out of whack, spent, useless
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| definition 4: |
extremely worn-out; exhausted.
I was dead when I got home, and I went straight to bed.- synonyms:
- beat, exhausted, pooped, worn-out
- similar words:
- fatigued, prostrate, spent, tired
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| definition 5: |
without capacity to feel emotions.
He felt dead inside after his wife left.- similar words:
- apathetic, cold, impassive, insensate, insensible, numb, unemotional
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| definition 6: |
without spirit, brilliance, or movement.
The critic wrote that the performance was dead.The club is often dead on Wednesday nights.- synonyms:
- lifeless
- antonyms:
- alive, lively
- similar words:
- dry, dull, flat, insipid, lackluster, stagnant, tedious, tired, vapid
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| definition 7: |
no longer of any consequence.
That's a dead issue and we no longer need to discuss it.- antonyms:
- live
- similar words:
- defunct, moot, obsolete, passé, useless
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| definition 8: |
of a language, no longer being spoken.
Latin is a dead language, although it is still of importance.- synonyms:
- defunct, extinct
- antonyms:
- living
- similar words:
- obsolete
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| definition 9: |
precise; exact.
The arrow hit the target at dead center.- synonyms:
- exact, precise
- similar words:
- unerring
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| definition 10: |
of a ball in certain sports, not in play.
The ball was called dead.- similar words:
- out of bounds
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| definition 11: |
not acoustically resonant.
a dead spot- synonyms:
- anechoic
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| definition 12: |
unconnected to an electrical source or having no charge.
dead batteries- antonyms:
- live
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boring, bygone, dreary, hollow, out of joint, outmoded, quiet, stale, tame, worn |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(used with a pl. verb) those who are dead (prec. by "the").
The dead live on in our memories.- synonyms:
- deceased, departed
- antonyms:
- living, quick
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| definition 2: |
the most intensely dark or cold period.
I heard a noise in the dead of night.I don't know why they decided to go there in the dead of winter.- synonyms:
- depth
- similar words:
- deep, middle, midst
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
deader, deadest |
| definition 1: |
completely; exactly.
He was dead wrong in his estimate.- synonyms:
- absolutely, completely, entirely, thoroughly, totally, utterly
- similar words:
- exactly
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| definition 2: |
abruptly.
He stopped dead when he saw her.- synonyms:
- abruptly, suddenly
- similar words:
- quickly
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| related words: |
flat, sheer |
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| derivation: |
deadness (n.) |
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