LIFE-AND-DEATH

Meaning of LIFE-AND-DEATH in English

(also ˌlife-or-ˈdeath ) adjective

[ only before noun ] extremely serious, especially when there is a situation in which people might die :

a life-and-death decision / struggle

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LIFE-AND-DEATH — also life-or-death adjective Date: 1822 involving or culminating in life or death ; vitally important as if involving life or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIFE-AND-DEATH — adjective also life-or-death | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ : involving or culminating in life or death : having vital importance as if involving life …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIFE-AND-DEATH — /luyf"euhn deth"/ , adj. ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIFE-AND-DEATH — also life-or-death Date: 1822 : involving or culminating in life or death : vitally important as if involving life or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIFE-AND-DEATH — Variant: also life-or-death Function: adjective Date: 1822 : involving or culminating in life or death : vitally important as if …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIFE-AND-DEATH — deciding whether someone lives or dies; vitally important. → life
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIFE-AND-DEATH — [life-and-death] also life-or-death adj (1822): involving or culminating in life or death: vitally important as if involving life or death
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIFE-AND-DEATH — life-and-death BrE AmE ˌlaɪf ə n ˈdeθ ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIFE-AND-DEATH — see death
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFE AND DEATH — see death
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFE AND DEATH — see death
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIFE-AND-DEATH — see death
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIFE-AND-DEATH — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LIFE-AND-DEATH — adj. Life-and-death is used with these nouns: ↑ decision , ↑ situation , ↑ struggle
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIFE AND DEATH — • ↑ be a matter of life and death/be a matter of life or death
Longman Activator English vocab
LIFE-AND-DEATH — 25B6; adjective VITAL, of vital importance, crucial, critical, urgent, pivotal, momentous, important, key, serious, grave, significant; informal earth-shattering; formal of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIFE-AND-DEATH — роковой; жизненно важный - * struggle борьба не на жизнь /не на живот/, а на смерть
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIFE-AND-DEATH — a роковой; жизненно важный life-and-death struggle - борьба не на жизнь /не на живот/, а на смерть
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIFE AND DEATH — (a) роковой
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LIFE AND DEATH — (0) жизненно важный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LIFE-AND-DEATH — a роковой; жизненно важный ~ struggle - борьба не на жизнь /не на живот/, а на смерть
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LIFE-AND-DEATH — a роковой; жизненно важный life-and-death struggle - борьба не на жизнь /не на живот/, а на смерть
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIFE-AND-DEATH — роковой; жизненно важный - * struggle борьба не на жизнь /не на живот/, а на смерть
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley …
Английский словарь Британика
LIFE
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
LIFE — /luyf/ , n. , pl. lives /luyvz/ , adj. n. 1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and …
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
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
DEATH — vi danger of death. 2. death ·vi cause of loss of life. 3. death ·vi loss of spiritual life. 4. …
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
LIFE
Britannica English vocabulary
DEATH
Britannica English vocabulary
DEATH — death BrE AmE deθ ▷ deaths deθs ▶ ˈ death camp BrE AmE ▶ ˈ death cell BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIFE
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
LIFE
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
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1 the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
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
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1 the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
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
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1. the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
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
LIFE
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
LIFE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIFE
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
DEATH — Synonyms and related words : Azrael, Black Death, Death, Grim Reaper, Pale Death, Reaper, Z, angel of death, annihilation, apodosis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIFE — See ↑ ALIVE 1,3, ↑ LIFE 1,2, ↑ STORY 5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ adult life • ↑ all your life …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIFE — INDEX: 1. the time when someone is alive 2. the kind of life that someone has 3. continuing for all …
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
LIFE — noun 1 BAD : The cost of life is very high in London. GOOD : The cost of living is …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LIFE — 1. сущ. 1) а) жизнь; существование to breathe (new) life into smth. ≈ вдохнуть (новую) жизнь во что-л. to restore …
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
LIFE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEATH — death.ogg deθ n 1. 1> смерть natural violent death - естественная насильственная смерть accidental death - случайная смерть lingering death …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIFE — 1) живые организмы, флора и фауна ( данной среды или территории ) 2) срок службы; долговечность; ресурс 3) стойкость; ресурс …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIFE — 1) живые организмы, флора и фауна (данной среды или территории) 2) срок службы; долговечность; ресурс 3) стойкость; ресурс стойкости (инструмента) 4) кампания; продолжительность …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LIFE — life сущ., мн. ч. - lives1) а) жизнь; существование to breathe (new) life into smth. — вдохнуть (новую) жизнь во …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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