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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026 death /dɛθ/USA pronunciation
n.
the act of dying;[ uncountable ] [ countable ] the state of being dead:[ uncountable ] [count; ] end;Democracy for that country meant the death of civilization as they knew it. [usually: Death; ] the agent of death represented as a person, usually pictured as a robed figure or skeleton carrying a scythe. [ count; + ~ ] a cause of death:You'll be the death of me yet! Idioms
Idioms at death's door , in serious danger of dying;at death's door several times from heart attacks. Idioms do to death :
[ do + obj + to + ~] to do so often that boredom sets in:a comic plot that's been done to death. Idioms put to death , to kill;put + obj + to + ~]:They put him to death immediately. [ put + to + ~ + obj]:That government put to death over 1,000 dissidents. Idioms to death , to a degree that cannot be endured any longer:sick to death of your bickering. death•like , adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026 death
(deth),USA pronunciation n.
the act of dying;brain death. an instance of this:a death in the family; letters published after his death. the state of being dead:to lie still in death. extinction;It will mean the death of our hopes. manner of dying:a hero's death. (usually cap. ) the agent of death personified, usually represented as a man or a skeleton carrying a scythe. Cf. Grim Reaper. Religion Also called spiritual death. loss or absence of spiritual life.Religion [ Christian Science.] bloodshed or murder:Hitler was responsible for the death of millions. a cause or occasion of death:You'll be the death of me yet! [ Archaic.] Black Death. Idioms at death's door , in serious danger of death;Two survivors of the crash are still at death's door. Idioms, Informal Terms be death on , [ Informal.] to be excessively strict about:That publisher is death on sloppily typed manuscripts. to be snobbish about or toward. to be able to cope with easily and successfully:The third baseman is death on pop flies. Idioms do to death :
to kill, esp. to murder. to repeat too often, to the point of becoming monotonous and boring:That theme has been done to death. in at the death :
Sport [ Fox Hunting.] present at the climax or conclusion of a situation. Idioms put to death , to kill;Idioms to death , to an extreme degree;sick to death of the heat.
bef. 900; Middle English deeth, Old English dēath ; cognate with German Tod, Gothic dauthus ; akin to Old Norse deyja to die 1 ; see -th 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decease, demise, passing, departure.1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged birth, life.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
death / dɛθ / the permanent end of all functions of life in an organism or some of its cellular components an instance of this : her death ended an era a murder or killing termination or destruction a state of affairs or an experience considered as terrible as death a cause or source of death (usually capital ) a personification of death, usually a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe to death , to the death ⇒ until dead : bleed to death , a fight to the death to death ⇒ excessively : bored to death at death's door ⇒ likely to die soon catch one's death , catch one's death of cold ⇒ to contract a severe cold do to death ⇒ to kill to overuse (a joke, etc) so that it no longer has any effect in at the death ⇒ present when an animal that is being hunted is caught and killed present at the finish or climax like death warmed up ⇒ very ill like grim death ⇒ as if afraid for one's life put to death ⇒ to kill deliberately or execute Related adjective(s): fatal , lethal , mortal
Etymology: Old English dēath; related to Old High German tōd death, Gothic dauthus