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- [ded and ber-ee]
- /dɛd ænd ˈbɛr i/
- /ded ənd ˈber.i/
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- [ded and ber-ee]
- /dɛd ænd ˈbɛr i/
Definitions of dead and buried words
- phrase dead and buried If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future. 3
- adjective dead and buried dead, deceased 1
- adjective dead and buried no longer in effect 1
- adjective dead and buried (Idiomatic) Moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten. 0
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Parts of speech for Dead and buried
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dead and buried popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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