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mor·tal·i·ty  (môr-tl-t)

n. pl. mor·tal·i·ties

1. The quality or condition of being mortal.

2. Mortals considered as a group; the human race.

3. Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life: the mortality wrought by an epidemic.

4. Death rate.

5. The rate of failure or loss: the high mortality among family-run farms.

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mortality [mɔːˈtælɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. the condition of being mortal

2. (Medicine / Pathology) great loss of life, as in war or disaster

3. (Medicine / Pathology) the number of deaths in a given period

4. mankind; humanity

5. an obsolete word for death

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mortality - the quality or state of being mortal impermanence, impermanency - the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations immortality - the quality or state of being immortal
	2.	mortality - the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate - the death rate during the first year of life neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate - the death rate during the first 28 days of life rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"

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mortality

noun

1. humanity, transience, impermanence, ephemerality, temporality, corporeality, impermanency The event served as a stark reminder of our mortality.

2. death, dying, fatality, loss of life the nation's infant mortality rate

Quotations
"Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return" Bible: Genesis
"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" Book of Common Prayer
"Old mortality, the ruins of forgotten times" [Thomas Browne Hydriotaphia]
"All men think all men mortal but themselves" [Edward Young Night Thoughts]
"Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not" Bible: Job

Proverbs
"Here today and gone tomorrow"

Translations

mortality [mɔːˈtælɪtɪ]

A. N

1. (= condition) → mortalidad f

2. (= fatalities) → mortandad f, número m de víctimas

B. CPD mortality rate N → tasa f de mortalidad
mortality table N → tabla f de mortalidad

mortality [mɔː^rˈtælɪti] n → mortalité f
mortality rate n → (taux m de) mortalité f
mortal sin n → péché m mortel

mortality

n

(= mortal state) → Sterblichkeit f

(= number of deaths) → Todesfälle pl; (= rate) → Sterblichkeit(sziffer) f, → Mortalität f (form); mortality rate, rate of mortality → Sterbeziffer f, → Sterblichkeitsziffer f, → Mortalität f (form)

mortality [mɔːˈtælɪtɪ] n → mortalità f inv