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deceased

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de·ceased  (d-sst)
adj.
No longer living; dead. See Synonyms at dead.
n. pl. deceased
A dead person.

deceased [dɪˈsiːst]
adj
a.  a more formal word for dead [1]
b. 
(as noun) the deceased

A casualty status applicable to a person who is either known to have died, determined to have died on the basis of conclusive evidence, or declared to be dead on the basis of a presumptive finding of death. The recovery of remains is not a prerequisite to determining or declaring a person deceased. See also casualty status.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.deceaseddeceased - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
infernal - an inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake"
living dead, zombie, zombi - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
Adj.1.deceased - dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

deceased
adjective dead, late, departed, lost, gone, expired, defunct, lifeless, pushing up daisies (informal) his recently deceased mother
Translations
deceased [dɪˈsiːst]
A. ADJ (Jur, Police) → difunto
B. N the deceasedel/la difunto/a

deceased [dɪˈsiːst]
n
the deceased → le* défunt* $(la)(e)m/f
adjdéfunt(e)
his deceased mother → sa défunte mère
his recently deceased mother
BUT sa mère décédée récemment.

deceased (Jur, form)
adjge- or verstorben; John Brown, deceasedder verstorbene John Brown
n the deceasedder/die Tote or Verstorbene; (pl) → die Toten or Verstorbenen pl

deceased [dɪˈsiːst] (Law) (also) (frm)
1. adjdeceduto/a
2. n the deceasedil/la defunto/a

deceased [dɪˈsiːst] (Law) (also) (frm)
1. adjdeceduto/a
2. n the deceasedil/la defunto/a

deceased
adj deceased [diˈsiːst]
dead His parents, now deceased, were very wealthy. oorledene, afgestorwene مَيِّت، مُتَوَفّى починал zesnulý afdød verstorben πεθαμένος difunto surnud مرده؛ مرحوم edesmennyt décédé שֶׁנִפטָר मृत pokojni halott mati, meninggal dáinn, látinn deceduto 死去した 사망한 miręs miris mati overleden (av)død, gått bort zmarły falecido decedat покойный zosnulý pokojen preminuo avliden ซึ่งตายแล้ว merhum(e), ölmüş, ölü 已死的,已故的 померлий; покійний متوفی đã chết
the deceased
in law, the dead person already mentioned, especially one who has recently died Were you a friend of the deceased? die oorledene/ afgestorwene الفَقيد починал zesnulý, nebožtík den afdøde der/die Verstorbene εκλιπών, εκλιπούσα el difunto surnu متوفی؛ مرحوم vainaja le défunt, la défunte הַנִפטָר, הַמָנוֹחַ मृतक preminuli az elhunyt almarhum, mendiang hinn látni defunto 故人 고인 velionis mirušais mendiang de overledene den (av)døde zmarły falecido de­functul покойный zosnulý pokojnik pokojni den avlidne คนตาย ölüler, ölmüş kimseler 死者,已故者 померлий مرحوم người đã chết 者,


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The internal jugular vein had been cut through, with such violence, judging by the appearances, that the wound could not have been inflicted, in the act of suicide, by the hand of the deceased person.
The Detective eagerly scanned the page, and found an official statement that the deceased was dead.
He had sanctioned his sister's proposal that the deceased lady should be laid in her mother's grave in Limmeridge churchyard.
 
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