Obituary
11obituary — [ō bich′o͞o er΄ē] n. pl. obituaries [ML obituarius < L obitus: see OBIT] a notice of someone s death, as in a newspaper, usually with a brief biography adj. of or recording a death or deaths obituarist n …
12Obituary — This article is about the death notice. For other uses, see Obituary (disambiguation). Obituary for WW1 death …
13obituary — n. 1) to send in; write an obituary 2) to print, publish an obituary 3) (misc.) to read the obituaries * * * [ə bɪtʃʊ(ə)rɪ] publish an obituary write an obituary (misc.) to read the obituaryries to print to send in …
14obituary — noun VERB + OBITUARY ▪ write ▪ print, publish ▪ read OBITUARY + NOUN ▪ column, notice …
15obituary — [18] Obituary goes back ultimately to a Latin euphemism for ‘die’, meaning literally ‘go down, make an exit’. This was obīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘down’ and īre ‘go’. From it was derived obitus ‘death’, which formed the… …
16obituary — [[t]oʊbɪ̱tʃuəri, AM ʃueri[/t]] obituaries N COUNT: oft poss N Someone s obituary is an account of their life and character which is printed in a newspaper or broadcast soon after they die. I read your brother s obituary in the Times …
17obituary — UK [əˈbɪtʃuərɪ] / US [əˈbɪtʃuˌerɪ] noun [countable] Word forms obituary : singular obituary plural obituaries a report in a newspaper that announces someone s death and gives a short description of their life and achievements …
18obituary — [18] Obituary goes back ultimately to a Latin euphemism for ‘die’, meaning literally ‘go down, make an exit’. This was obīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘down’ and īre ‘go’. From it was derived obitus ‘death’, which formed the… …
19obituary — noun (plural aries) Etymology: Medieval Latin obituarium, from Latin obitus death Date: 1738 a notice of a person s death usually with a short biographical account • obituarist noun • obituary adjective …
20obituary — obituarist, n. /oh bich ooh er ee/, n., pl. obituaries, adj. n. 1. a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or recording a death or deaths: the obituary page of a newspaper …
