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ExactlyExactly.
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» Is the snake alive or dead?
Ist die Schlange tot oder lebendig? — al_ex_an_der
Ist die Schlange lebendig oder tot? — violinmike
Эта змея жива или мертва? — Lenin_1917
Змея живая или мёртвая? — marafon
Эта змея живая или мёртвая? — Selena777
Эта змея живая или дохлая? — Selena777
Ця змія жива чи мертва? — Internecivus
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(colloquial, informal, not comparable)Exactly.
dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left
He hit the target dead in the centre.
genau, ganz
пря́моprjámo, то́чноtóčno
(colloquial, informal, not comparable)Very, absolutely, extremely.
dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy
tod-, total
абсолю́тноabsoljútno, соверше́нноsoveršénno
(not comparable)Suddenly and completely.
He stopped dead.
She cut me dead again at the last party.
(informal, not comparable)As if dead.
dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still
- completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
- quickly and without warning
Examples
2543 sentencesIs the snake alive or dead?
Ця змія жива чи мертва? — Internecivus
ruЭта змея жива или мертва? — Lenin_1917
deIst die Schlange tot oder lebendig? — al_ex_an_der
Is the mouse dead or alive?
Миша жива або мертва? — deniko
ruМышь дохлая или живая? — marafon
Both of the brothers are dead.
Обидва брати померли. — Lumo
ruОба брата мертвы. — Biga
deDie beiden Brüder sind gestorben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't think Tom is dead.
Я не думаю, що Том мертвий. — deniko
ruЯ не думаю, что Том мёртв. — odexed
I know that Tom isn't dead.
Я знаю, що Том не вмер. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, что Том не умер. — marafon
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, fromFrom Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död.
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers:absolutelyperfectlyutterly
- quickly and without warning:suddenlyall of a suddenon the spur of the momentof a suddenabruptlyshort
Collocations
12 patterns- dead or alive
- was found dead
- found dead in
- dead body
- a dead body
- dead in his
- found dead
- was already dead
- is dead or
- dead set against
- battery is dead
- a dead end
See also
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