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death rate

death rate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [deth reyt]
    • /dɛθ reɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [deth reyt]
    • /dɛθ reɪt/

Definitions of death rate words

  • countable noun death rate The death rate is the number of people per thousand who die in a particular area during a particular period of time. 3
  • noun death rate the ratio of deaths in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of that area, group, etc 3
  • noun death rate the number of deaths per year per thousand of population in a given community, area, or group: sometimes other units of time or population are used 3
  • noun death rate the number of deaths per unit, usually 1000, of population in a given place and time. 1
  • noun death rate number of people dying 1
  • noun death rate mortality rate. 0

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Origin of death rate

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Death rate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

death rate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for death rate

noun death rate

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