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- [mawr-tl]
- /ˈmɔr tl/
- /ˈmɔː.təl/
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- [mawr-tl]
- /ˈmɔr tl/
Definitions of mortal word
- adjective mortal subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures. 1
- adjective mortal of or relating to human beings as subject to death; human: this mortal life. 1
- adjective mortal belonging to this world. 1
- adjective mortal deadly or implacable; relentless: a mortal enemy. 1
- adjective mortal severe, dire, grievous, or bitter: in mortal fear. 1
- adjective mortal causing or liable to cause death; fatal: a mortal wound. 1
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Origin of mortal
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English < Latin mortālis, equivalent to mort- (stem of mors) death + -ālis -al1
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Parts of speech for Mortal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mortal 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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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mortal
noun mortal
- body — Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
- woman — the female human being, as distinguished from a girl or a man.
- human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- being — Being is the present participle of be1.
- earthling — an inhabitant of earth; mortal.
adjective mortal
- earthly — of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
- worldly — of or relating to this world as contrasted with heaven, spiritual life, etc.; earthly; mundane.
- corporeal — Corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than the spiritual world.
- finite — compact
- temporal — of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
Antonyms for mortal
noun mortal
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- inanimate — not animate; lifeless.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
adjective mortal
- immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- mild — amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.
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