IMMORTAL


Meaning of IMMORTAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmɔ:(r)t(ə)l ]

( immortals)

1.

Someone or something that is immortal is famous and likely to be remembered for a long time.

...Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte’s immortal love story...

ADJ

An immortal is someone who is immortal.

He called Moore ‘one of the immortals of soccer’.

N-COUNT : usu pl

• im‧mor‧tal‧ity

Some people want to achieve immortality through their works.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Someone or something that is immortal will live or last for ever and never die or be destroyed.

The pharaohs were considered gods and therefore immortal.

≠ mortal

ADJ

An immortal is an immortal being.

...porcelain figurines of the Chinese immortals.

N-COUNT : usu pl

• im‧mor‧tal‧ity

The Greeks accepted belief in the immortality of the soul.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

If you refer to someone’s immortal words, you mean that what they said is well-known, and you are usually about to quote it.

...Roosevelt’s immortal words, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick.’

ADJ : ADJ n

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