DECEASED


Meaning of DECEASED in English

de ‧ ceased /dɪˈsiːst/ BrE AmE noun law

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: decease 'to die' (15-19 centuries) , from French décès 'death' , from Latin decedere 'to leave, die' ]

the deceased someone who has died, especially recently:

The deceased left a large sum of money to his children.

• • •

THESAURUS

▪ dead no longer alive:

the bodies of three dead soldiers

|

Is her father dead?

▪ lifeless literary dead or seeming to be dead:

their lifeless bodies

▪ late [only before noun] formal dead – use this as a polite way of talking about someone who has died, especially recently:

Mrs Lombard’s late husband

|

a gold Cartier bracelet that once belonged to the late American artist Andy Warhol

▪ deceased formal dead:

Her parents, now deceased, disapproved of her marriage.

|

her deceased husband

|

They were friends of the deceased (=the person who died) .

▪ departed [only before noun] dead – used in order to be polite and avoid saying the word ‘dead’:

They paid their respects to their departed uncle.

|

his dear departed wife

▪ gone [not before noun] informal dead – used especially when someone was alive not long before:

‘Is she gone?’ ‘I’m afraid so.’

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.