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immortal

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im·mor·tal  (-môrtl)
adj.
1. Not subject to death: immortal deities; the immortal soul.
2. Never to be forgotten; everlasting: immortal words.
3. Of or relating to immortality.
4. Biology Capable of indefinite growth or division. Used of cells in culture.
n.
1. One not subject to death.
2. One whose fame is enduring.

[Middle English, from Old French immortel, from Latin immortlis; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

im·mortal·ly adv.

immortal [ɪˈmɔːtəl]
adj
1. not subject to death or decay; having perpetual life
2. having everlasting fame; remembered throughout time
3. everlasting; perpetual; constant
4. of or relating to immortal beings or concepts
n
1. an immortal being
2. (often plural) a person who is remembered enduringly, esp an author Dante is one of the immortals
immortality  n
immortally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.immortal - a person (such as an author) of enduring fame; "Shakespeare is one of the immortals"
celebrity, famous person - a widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity"
2.immortalimmortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
pantheon - all the gods of a religion
spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god
sea god - a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea
sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun
Celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts
Egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
Semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
Hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus
Persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
Chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
Japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese
goddess - a female deity
earth god, earth-god - a god of fertility and vegetation
demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology
Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
Roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
Norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
Teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
Phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war
snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
Adj.1.immortal - not subject to death
infinite - having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth"
heavenly - of or belonging to heaven or god
mortal - subject to death; "mortal beings"

immortal
adjective
2. undying, eternal, perpetual, indestructible, death-defying, imperishable, deathless They were considered gods and therefore immortal.
undying mortal, temporary, fading, transitory, perishable
noun
1. hero, genius, paragon, great They had paid £50 a head just to be in the presence of an immortal.
2. god, goddess, deity, Olympian, divine being, immortal being In the legend, the fire is supposed to turn him into an immortal.
Translations
immortal [ɪˈmɔːtl]
A. ADJ [person, god] → inmortal; [memory, fame] → imperecedero
B. Ninmortal mf

immortal [ɪˈmɔːrtəl]
adj
(living for ever)immortel(le)
(= enduringly famous) → immortel(le)
n
(= immortal being) → immortel(le) m/f
(= celebrity, star) → gloire f
an immortal of soccer → une gloire du football

immortal
adj person, soul, God, phraseunsterblich; fame alsounvergänglich, ewig; lifeewig; in the immortal words of …in den unsterblichen Worten +gen
nUnsterbliche(r) mf

immortal [ɪˈmɔːtl] adj & nimmortale (m/f)
immortal [ɪˈmɔːtl] adj & nimmortale (m/f)

immortal
adj immortal [iˈmoːtl]
living for ever and never dying A person's soul is said to be immortal; the immortal works of Shakespeare. onsterflik خالِد безсмъртен nesmrtelný udødelig unsterblich αθάνατος inmortal surematu جاودان kuolematon immortel נִצחִי अमर besmrtan halhatatlan abadi ódauðlegur immortale 不滅の 불멸의 nemirtingas nemirstīgs hidup selama-lamanya onsterfelijk udødelig nieśmiertelny imortal nemuritor бессмертный nesmrteľný nesmrten besmrtan odödlig ซึ่งเป็นอมตะ ölümsüz 不朽的 безсмертний; вічний غیر فانی bất diệt
n immorˈtality [-ˈtӕ-]
onsterflikheid خُلود безсмъртие nesmrtelnost udødelighed die Unsterblichkeit αθανασία inmortalidad surematus جاودانگی kuolemattomuus immortalité נִצחִיוּת अमरत्व besmrtnost halhatatlanság keabadian ódauðleiki immortalità 不滅 영원(성) nemirtingumas nemirstība keabadian onsterfelijkheid udødelighet nieśmiertelność imortalidade nemurire бессмертие nesmrteľnosť nesmrtnost besmrtnost odödlighet ความเป็นอมตะ ölümsüzlük 不朽 безсмертя, вічність بقائے دائمی sự bất diệt
v imˈmortalize, imˈmortalise
to make (a person etc) famous for ever He wrote a song immortalizing the battle. verewig يُخَلِّد обезсмъртявам zvěčnit gøre udødelig unsterblich machen απαθανατίζω inmortalizar surematuks tegema جاودانه کردن ikuistaa immortaliser לְהַנצִיח अमर बनाना ovjekovječiti megörökít, halhatatlanná tesz mengabadikan gera ódauðlegan immortalare, rendere immortale 不滅にする 불후의 명성을 주다 padaryti nemirtingą, įamžinti padarīt nemirstīgu; saglabāt mūžos mengabadikan vereeuwigen udødeliggjøre, forevige unieśmiertelnić imortalizar a imortaliza увековечивать zvečniť ovekovečiti ovekovečiti göra odödlig ทำให้ไม่มีวันตาย ölümsüzleştirmek 使不朽 увічнювати دوام بخشنا làm cho bất tử 使


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And should an immortal being seriously think of this little space rather than of the whole?
After a short silence, the same person told me, "that his friends and mine (so he thought fit to express himself) were very much pleased with the judicious remarks I had made on the great happiness and advantages of immortal life, and they were desirous to know, in a particular manner, what scheme of living I should have formed to myself, if it had fallen to my lot to have been born a STRULDBRUG.
But thou art immortal and dost never fade, but bloomest for ever in renewed youth.
 
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