Deceased can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| deceased - dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" | ||
Verb |
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| decease - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" | ||
Noun |
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| deceased - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" |
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| 1. | adj. | He is deceased. | |
| 2. | adj. | The deceased was eighty years old. | |
| 3. | adj. | A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased. | |
| 4. | adj. | The Emperor prayed for the souls of the deceased. | |
| 5. | adj. | He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased. | |
| 6. | adj. | She has a claim on her deceased husband's estate. | |
| 7. | adj. | Christopher Columbus once discovered an entire ship of deceased sailors... and politely ignored it. | |
| 8. | adj. | In some areas of the world, you can still get sued if you slander or libel a deceased person. | |
| 9. | adj. | I often think about my deceased mother. | |
| 10. | adj. | A monument was erected in memory of the deceased. | |
| 11. | adj. | I dedicate these tears to all the deceased. | |
| 12. | adj. | In a traditional Javanese burial, before the grave is filled in, someone close to the deceased will go down into it and shout into his ear the Muslim profession of faith. The message is "Don't forget. Especially not now." | |
| 13. | adj. | I'm not a ghost-writer, I'm the ghost of a deceased writer. | |
| 14. | adj. | People are going to the cemetery today to pay respect to their deceased loved ones. | |
| 15. | adj. | It's a portrait of my deceased father. | |
| 16. | verb | He deceased yesterday. | |
| 17. | verb | I have known the deceased for a long time. | |
| 18. | verb | He wants to be a husband at every wedding, and the deceased at every funeral. | |
| 19. | verb | Does anyone know the name of the deceased? | |
| 20. | verb | I knew the deceased for a long time. | |
| 21. | verb | Tom is now deceased. | |
| 22. | verb | Fadil was found deceased in his apartment. | |
| 23. | verb | Layla was deceased. | |
| 24. | verb | What were the last words of the deceased? | |
| 25. | verb | And have taken to wife Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing. | |
| 26. | verb | A pallbearer carries the casket of the deceased at their funeral. | |
| 27. | verb | We mourn the victims of the Tyruger train accident and wish the deceased a blessing. | |
| 28. | noun | Upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| He is deceased. |
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| The deceased was eighty years old. | |
| A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased. | |
| The Emperor prayed for the souls of the deceased. | |
| He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased. | |
| She has a claim on her deceased husband's estate. | |
| Christopher Columbus once discovered an entire ship of deceased sailors... and politely ignored it. | |
| In some areas of the world, you can still get sued if you slander or libel a deceased person. | |
| I often think about my deceased mother. | |
| A monument was erected in memory of the deceased. | |
| I dedicate these tears to all the deceased. | |
| In a traditional Javanese burial, before the grave is filled in, someone close to the deceased will go down into it and shout into his ear the Muslim profession of faith. The message is "Don't forget. Especially not now." | |
| I'm not a ghost-writer, I'm the ghost of a deceased writer. | |
| People are going to the cemetery today to pay respect to their deceased loved ones. | |
| It's a portrait of my deceased father. | |
| verb | |
| He deceased yesterday. | |
| I have known the deceased for a long time. | |
| He wants to be a husband at every wedding, and the deceased at every funeral. | |
| Does anyone know the name of the deceased? | |
| I knew the deceased for a long time. | |
| Tom is now deceased. | |
| Fadil was found deceased in his apartment. | |
| Layla was deceased. | |
| What were the last words of the deceased? | |
| And have taken to wife Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing. | |
| A pallbearer carries the casket of the deceased at their funeral. | |
| We mourn the victims of the Tyruger train accident and wish the deceased a blessing. | |
| noun | |
| Upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren. |
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