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- [dih-sees]
- /dɪˈsis/
- /dɪˈsiːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-sees]
- /dɪˈsis/
Definitions of decease word
- abbreviation DECEASE death 3
- intransitive verb decease to die 3
- noun decease the act of dying; departure from life; death. 1
- verb without object decease to depart from life; die. 1
- abbreviation DECEASE Die. 1
- noun decease law: death 1
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Origin of decease
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (noun) Middle English deces < Old French < Latin dēcessus departure, death, equivalent to dēced-, variant stem of dēcēdere to go away (dē- de- + cēdere to go; see cede) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s; (v.) late Middle English decesen, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Decease
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
decease popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for decease
noun decease
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- dying — ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
- dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- quietus — a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.
verb decease
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
Antonyms for decease
noun decease
- birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
verb decease
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- live — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
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