death
the event of dying or departure from life
How often you will meet it
Rank 297 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 71,780 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.034% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the event of dying or departure from life also: decease, expiry her death came as a terrible shockupon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
- the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism the animal died a painful death
- the absence of life or state of being dead he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
- the time when something ends also: dying, demise it was the death of all his plansa dying of old hopes
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead also: last she stayed until his deatha struggle to the last
- the personification of death Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
death in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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At his death D'Aubusson is certain to be elected Grand Master.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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For many years he had been living hand and glove with life and death.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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It was a small dog, apparently in the last agony of death from thirst.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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The shorter Negro stood gazing at the horrible death of his brother without flinching.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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There, just before her father's death, he and she had lived, for four delicious, miserable, momentous weeks.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1