DEATH KNELL

Meaning of DEATH KNELL in English

also death-knell

If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it will cause that person or thing to fail, end, or cease to exist.

The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business...

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

DEATH KNELL — noun 1. : passing bell 2. : an action or event presaging death or destruction the coming of the power …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — 1. a harbinger of the end, death, or destruction of something. 2. See passing bell .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — ■ noun 1》 the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death. 2》 an event that heralds the end of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DEATH KNELL — (also knell ) noun [ sing. ] an event that means that the end or destruction of sth will come …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — ˈdeath knell BrE AmE noun [singular] a sign that something will soon fail or stop existing ⇨ death blow (sound/strike/toll) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEATH-KNELL — see death knell
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — also death-knell If you say that something sounds the ~ for a particular person or thing, you mean it will …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DEATH-KNELL — see death knell
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DEATH KNELL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Do we now hear yet another death knell for readability studies? ▪ The death knell …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH KNELL — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death …
Slang English vocab
DEATH KNELL — n. to sound the ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DEATH KNELL — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death …
Словарь английских идиом
DEATH KNELL — n. , formal 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. The people mourned at the death …
American Idioms English vocabulary
DEATH KNELL — похоронный звон - to sound the * for smth. предвещать конец чего-л.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH KNELL — охоронный звон to sound the death knell for smth. /of smth./ - предвещать конец /гибель/ чего-л.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEATH KNELL — похоронный звон to sound the ~ for smth. /of smth./ - предвещать конец /гибель/ чего-л.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DEATH KNELL — охоронный звон to sound the death knell for smth. /of smth./ - предвещать конец /гибель/ чего-л.
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH KNELL — погребальный звон, страшное предзнаменование
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DEATH KNELL — погребальный звон, страшное предзнаменование
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DEATH KNELL — похоронный звон - to sound the * for smth. предвещать конец чего-л.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KNELL — n. funeral clocheada
English interlingue dictionary
KNELL — agoniyas;batingting sa minatay or lubong;dubla
English-Visayan vocabulary
KNELL — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German er~en to toll Date: before 12th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEATH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley …
Английский словарь Британика
KNELL — I. ˈnel verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English knillen, knellen, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATH — ˈdeth noun ( plural deaths -ths sometimes -thz) Etymology: Middle English deeth, deth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNELL — (v. t.) To summon, as by a knell.
Английский словарь Webster
KNELL — (n.) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning …
Английский словарь Webster
KNELL — (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; …
Английский словарь Webster
KNELL — ( v. t. ) To summon, as by a knell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KNELL — ( n. ) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KNELL — /nel/ , n. 1. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATH — /deth/ , n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNELL — I. ˈnel verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German er knellen to toll Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATH — noun Etymology: Middle English deeth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNELL — vt to summon, as by a knell. 2. knell ·noun to sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a …
Webster English vocab
DEATH — vi danger of death. 2. death ·vi cause of loss of life. 3. death ·vi loss of spiritual life. 4. …
Webster English vocab
KNELL — [knell] vb [ME, fr. OE cnyllan; akin to MHG erknellen to toll] vt (bef. 12c): to summon or announce by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH — [death] n [ME deeth, fr. OE death; akin to ON dauthi death, deyja to die--more at die] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH
Britannica English vocabulary
KNELL — knell BrE AmE nel ▷ knells nelz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEATH — death BrE AmE deθ ▷ deaths deθs ▶ ˈ death camp BrE AmE ▶ ˈ death cell BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KNELL — / nel; NAmE / noun [ sing. ] = death knell •• WORD ORIGIN Old English cnyll (noun), cnyllan (verb), …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH — / deθ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the fact of sb dying or being killed : a sudden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNELL — knell /nel/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cnyll ] literary the sound of a bell …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEATH — death S1 W1 /deθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ death , deadliness; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KNELL — n. & v. --n. 1 the sound of a bell, esp. when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KNELL — n. & v. n. 1 the sound of a bell, esp. when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KNELL — n. & v. --n. 1. the sound of a bell, esp. when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
DEATH — n.1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates life. …
Oxford English vocab
DEATH — ( deaths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Death is the permanent …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES death knell ▪ The loss of Georgia would sound the death knell of Republican hopes. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNELL — [noun] - death knell, see at death
Cambridge English vocab
DEATH — [noun] - the end of life She lived here for four years before her death. [C]Their sudden deaths in a …
Cambridge English vocab
DEATH — n. programmed cell death Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley near death …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KNELL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEATH — Synonyms and related words : Azrael, Black Death, Death, Grim Reaper, Pale Death, Reaper, Z, angel of death, annihilation, apodosis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNELL — See: DEATH KNELL.
Slang English vocab
DEATH — See ↑ DIE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a matter of life and death/be a matter of life or death …
Longman Activator English vocab
KNELL — n. 25B6; noun (poetic/literary) the knell of the ship's bell : TOLL, tolling, dong, resounding, reverberation; death knell; archaic tocsin. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNELL — See: DEATH KNELL.
Словарь английских идиом

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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