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- [dih-mahyz]
- /dɪˈmaɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-mahyz]
- /dɪˈmaɪz/
Definitions of demised word
- noun demised death or decease. 1
- noun demised termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire. 1
- noun demised Law. a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate. a conveyance or transfer of an estate. 1
- noun demised Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign. 1
- verb with object demised Law. to transfer (an estate or the like) for a limited time; lease. 1
- verb with object demised Government. to transfer (sovereignty), as by the death or abdication of the sovereign. 1
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Origin of demised
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English dimis(s)e, demise < Old French demis (past participle of desmetre) < Latin dīmissum (past participle of dīmittere); see demit1, dismiss
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Parts of speech for Demised
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
demised popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% 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".
demised usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for demised
verb demised
- drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- succumb — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- decease — death
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
noun demised
- deceased — The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died.
- fated — subject to, guided by, or predetermined by fate; destined.
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- fell — simple past tense of fall.
- ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
Antonyms for demised
verb demised
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
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