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adjective | noun deaddead1 /ded/ adjective ► dead no longer alive: “I didn’t know her grandfather was dead.” “Yes, he died last year.”Police are trying to contact the family of the dead man. ➔ GRAMMAR: Dead is an adjective, not a verb. Don't say: He dead in 2002 or He was dead in 2002. Say: He died in 2002.► deceased (formal) deceased means the same as dead but is used mainly in writing: Her parents, who are now deceased, were very wealthy.► late (formal) dead. You use late as a polite way of talking about someone who has died, especially recently: We were good friends of Mrs. Lambert’s late husband. ➔ GRAMMAR: When used with this meaning, late is always used before a noun.Don't say: Her father is late. Say: Her father is dead or Her father died recently.Use the late, not just late, before someone's name: The church was built by the late Roger Whitaker, who was one of the city’s best architects.► lifeless (formal) dead or not moving in a way that is like being dead. Lifeless sounds fairly literary: He found her cold lifeless body stretched across the bed.► extinct an extinct type of plant or animal no longer exists: The tigers could become extinct if the forests they live in are not protected.ANTONYMS ➔ see alive ➔ see death adjective | noun deaddead2 /ded/ noun ► the dead people who are dead: After the battle, it took several days to bury the dead.Because several offices were destroyed in the attack, a large number of the dead were office workers. ➔ GRAMMAR: In the phrase the dead, dead is a plural noun. Don’t say: the deads.► body the body of someone who has died: His body was found in the woods covered in leaves.➔ You can also use a dead body to mean the same as body, especially when you do not know who the person is. ► corpse a dead human body. You use corpse in medical or technical language, or when you do not know who the person was: The police caught the murderer the day after they found the corpse.► remains a person’s body or body parts after he or she has died. Use remains especially if the person died a long time ago or if you are talking about what happened to the body: In 1872 his remains were moved to a new cemetery from the original grave.► ashes the gray powder that is left when a dead person’s body is burned as part of a funeral ceremony: After the funeral, his ashes were scattered at sea.► casualty a person who has died or been injured in a war, attack, or accident: The number of casualties after the bomb blast has risen to more than 300. ➔ GRAMMAR: Casualty is usually used in the plural.ANTONYMS ➔ see living2 ➔ see death |