life-and-death

L l

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [lahyf and deth]
- /laɪf ænd dɛθ/
- /laɪf ənd deθ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lahyf and deth]
- /laɪf ænd dɛθ/

Definitions of life-and-death word

adjective life-and-death ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose. 1
adjective life-and-death vitally or gravely serious 0
abbreviation LIFE-AND-DEATH life-or-death 0

See all 3 definitions of life-and-death

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Origin of life-and-death

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90

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Parts of speech for Life-and-death

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Life-and-death

life-and-death popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for life-and-death

adj life-and-death

consequential — Consequential means the same as consequent.
critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
crucial — If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
determining — having the quality of deciding
imperative — imperative language

All 16 Synonyms of life-and-death

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