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dead

Noun CEFR A1 Common
dɛd

Definitions

  1. Initialism of diethyl azodicarboxylate.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  2. Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
    often, uncountable, with-definite-article
  3. (usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
    UK
  4. Acronym of destruction of enemy air defense(s).
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  5. exhausted; dead tired
  6. Those who have died: dead people.
    uncountable, with-definite-article
  7. Clipping of deadlift.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
  8. unupdated, inactive, outdated
  9. a dead person, deceased
  10. dummy

Equivalents

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Examples

“Near-synonym: nadir”
“the dead of night”
“the dead of winter”
“the quick and the dead”
“Will the dead rise⟳ again?”
“He will come⟳ again to judge⟳ the living and the dead.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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See also

dead 'un dead air dead angle dead arm syndrome dead axle dead ball

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