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- Dictionarydeceased/dɪˈsiːst/
noun
- 1. the recently dead person in question: "the judge inferred that the deceased was confused as to the extent of his assets"
adjective
- 1. recently dead: "the deceased man's family"
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DECEASED definition: 1. dead: 2. a person who has recently died: 3. dead: . Learn more.
The meaning of DECEASED is no longer living; especially : recently dead —used of persons. How to use deceased in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Deceased.
The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died.
Definition of deceased adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun [ C ] formal us / dɪˈsiːst / uk / dɪˈsiːst / plural the deceased. the deceased. C2. a person who has recently died: The deceased shot her mother before killing herself. Five of the deceased were employed by the club. Synonym. the departed formal.
Noun. 1. deceased - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done". dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed. individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do".
A complete guide to the word "DECEASED": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
5 days ago · deceased (plural deceased or deceaseds) (euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“ those who have died ”). The deceased was interred in his local churchyard. a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English.
DECEASED meaning: 1 : no longer living; 2 : a dead person or dead people.
When someone is deceased, they are dead — not dying or even just about to die. They are dead. The word deceased has been around since the 15th century, however, when people talk of someone's having died, they rarely use deceased in conversation.
