transcription, транскрипция: [ deθ ]
( deaths)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.
...the thirtieth anniversary of her death...
There had been a death in the family...
He almost bled to death after a bullet severed an artery.
≠ birth, life
N-VAR
2.
A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying.
They made sure that he died a horrible death...
N-COUNT : with supp
3.
The death of something is the permanent end of it.
It meant the death of everything he had ever been or ever hoped to be.
= end
N-SING : usu the N of n
4.
If you say that someone is at death’s door , you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die. ( INFORMAL )
He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death’s door...
PHRASE : v-link PHR
5.
If you say that you will fight to the death for something, you are emphasizing that you will do anything to achieve or protect it, even if you suffer as a consequence.
She’d have fought to the death for that child.
PHRASE : V inflects [ emphasis ]
6.
If you refer to a fight or contest as a fight to the death , you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents.
He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.
PHRASE [ emphasis ]
7.
If you say that something is a matter of life and death , you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.
Well, never mind, John, it’s not a matter of life and death...
PHRASE : n of PHR , PHR n [ emphasis ]
8.
If someone is put to death , they are executed. ( FORMAL )
Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.
PHRASE : V inflects
9.
You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone’s death.
He was stabbed to death.
...relief missions to try to keep the country’s population from starving to death...
He almost bled to death after the bullet severed an artery.
PHRASE : PHR after v
10.
You use to death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you are frightened to death or bored to death , you are extremely frightened or bored.
He scares teams to death with his pace and power...
PHRASE : adj PHR , PHR after v [ emphasis ]