NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

Meaning of NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE in English

■ noun an unusual experience taking place on the brink of death and recounted by a person on recovery, typically an out-of-body experience or a vision of a tunnel of light.

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NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE — Mystical or transcendent experience reported by people who have been on the threshold of death. The near-death experience varies with …
Английский словарь Британика
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE — /near"deth"/ any experience involving a vision, as of the afterlife, reported by a resuscitated person.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE — noun an occasion when you almost die, which is often remembered as leaving your body or going down a tunnel
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE — ( near-death experiences) A near-death experience is a strange experience that some people who have nearly died say they had …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE — (~s) A ~ is a strange experience that some people who have nearly died say they had when they were …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE — Mystical or transcendent experience reported by people who have been on the threshold of death. The near-death experience varies with …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEATH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley …
Английский словарь Британика
NEAR — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English ner, nere, from Old English nēar — more at near II obsolete : nearer II. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXPERIENCE — I. ikˈspirēən(t)s, ek-, -pēr- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin experientia, from experient-, experiens …
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
NEAR — — nearness , n. /near/ , adv., nearer, nearest , adj., nearer, nearest , prep., v. adv. 1. close; to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EXPERIENCE — — experienceable , adj. — experienceless , adj. /ik spear"ee euhns/ , n. , v. , experienced, experiencing . n. …
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
NEAR — I. ˈnir adverb Etymology: Middle English ner, partly from ner nearer, from Old English nēar, comparative of nēah nigh; partly …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EXPERIENCE — I. ik-ˈspir-ē-ən(t)s noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin experientia act of trying, from experient-, experiens, present participle of …
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
NEAR — adv closely; intimately. 2. near ·adj close-fisted; parsimonious. 3. near ·adv nearly; almost; well-nigh. 4. near ·adv closely connected or …
Webster English vocab
EXPERIENCE — noun trial, as a test or experiment. 2. experience ·noun the effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any …
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
NEAR — [near] adv [ME ner, partly fr. ner nearer, fr. OE near, comparative of neah nigh; partly fr. ON naer nearer, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EXPERIENCE — [ex.pe.ri.ence] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L experientia act of trying, fr. experient-, experiens, prp. of experiri to try, fr. …
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
NEAR — near BrE AmE nɪə AmE nɪ ə r ▷ neared nɪəd AmE nɪ ə rd ▷ nearer ˈnɪər ə AmE …
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
NEAR — / nɪə(r); NAmE nɪr/ adjective , adverb , preposition , verb ■ adjective ( near·er , near·est ) HELP NOTE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXPERIENCE — / ɪkˈspɪəriəns; NAmE -ˈspɪr-/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the knowledge and skill that you have …
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
NEAR — I. near 1 S1 W1 /nɪə $ nɪr/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . SHORT DISTANCE AWAY only a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EXPERIENCE — I. ex ‧ pe ‧ ri ‧ ence 1 S1 W1 /ɪkˈspɪəriəns $ -ˈspɪr-/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: …
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
NEAR — adv., prep., adj., & v. --adv. 1 (often foll. by to) to or at a short distance in space or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EXPERIENCE — n. & v. --n. 1 actual observation of or practical acquaintance with facts or events. 2 knowledge or skill resulting …
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
NEAR — adv., prep., adj., & v. adv. 1 (often foll. by to) to or at a short distance in space or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EXPERIENCE — n. & v. n. 1 actual observation of or practical acquaintance with facts or events. 2 knowledge or skill resulting …
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
NEAR — adv., prep., adj., & v. --adv. 1. (often foll. by to) to or at a short distance in space or …
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
NEAR — ( nearer, nearest, nears, nearing, neared) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXPERIENCE — ( experiences, experiencing, experienced) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Experience is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
NEAR — (~er, ~est, ~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NEAR — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES almost/nearly/near perfect ▪ His collection included an almost perfect skeleton of an armadillo. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EXPERIENCE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a childhood experience ▪ Our childhood experiences make us who we are. a painful …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
NEAR — Synonyms and related words : about, about to be, abutting, accost, adjacent, adjoining, advance, advancing, all but, almost, along toward, …
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
NEAR — I. verb Near is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ deadline Near is used with these nouns as …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EXPERIENCE — I. noun 1 knowledge/skill obtained by seeing/doing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , extensive , great , long , vast , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NEAR — See ↑ NEAR 1,8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ around/near there • ↑ be a near thing/close thing • ↑ be a …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEAR — INDEX: 1. not far away 2. near where you live 3. easy to get to 4. the nearest house/shop/station etc …
Longman Activator English vocab
EXPERIENCE — See ↑ EXPERIENCE 1,3, ↑ EXPERIENCED/NOT EXPERIENCED 2, ↑ FEEL 1,6, ↑ HAPPEN 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ bad/terrible/dreadful etc experience …
Longman Activator English vocab
EXPERIENCE — INDEX: 1. something that happens to you 2. something bad that happens to you 3. when something happens to you …
Longman Activator English vocab
DEATH — See ↑ DIE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a matter of life and death/be a matter of life or death …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEAR — adj. 25B6; adverb her children all live near : CLOSE (BY), nearby, close/near at hand, in the neighbourhood, in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXPERIENCE — n. 25B6; noun qualifications and experience : SKILL, (practical) knowledge, understanding; background, record, history; maturity, worldliness, sophistication; informal know-how. an …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEAR — adjective 1 BAD : He decided to visit a friend who lived very near from where he was at that …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
EXPERIENCE — noun 1 BAD : I made my first teaching experience in Scotland. GOOD : I had my first teaching experience …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
NEAR — 1. прил. 1) а) ближний, близлежащий, близко расположенный the near fields ≈ близлежащие поля Syn : not distant б) более …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EXPERIENCE — 1. сущ. 1) (жизненный) опыт by experience, from experience ≈ по опыту to know by experience, to know from experience …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH — сущ. 1) а) смерть at one's death ≈ с чьей-л. смертью At her death the estate was broken up. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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