demise
The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most…The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
» Sami was planning his own demise.
OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
Verpachtung
(countable, uncountable)Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
Übertragung, Besitzübertragung, Übergabe
переда́ча по насле́дствуperedáča po naslédstvu
(countable)Death; decease.
Tod, Untergang, Verschwinden
кончи́наkončína, смертьsmertʹ, ги́бельgíbelʹ
(countable)The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise.
(countable, uncountable)The atmospheric disintegration of a satellite or satellite component upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
Relocating components to places where they receive more heating effect earlier in the reentry and even triggering a partial break-up of the satellite structure during reentry to aid demise.
- the time when something ends
Examples
17 sentencesSami was planning his own demise.
Tom met his demise in Boston.
deTom starb in Boston. — Esperantostern
Did Tom anticipate his own demise?
deHat Tom sein Ende vorausgeahnt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated.
deGerüchte über unseren Tod sind mächtig übertrieben. — Esperantostern
Alienation from nature will one day become humanity's demise.
deDie Entfremdung von der Natur wird dem Menschen eines Tages zum Verhängnis werden. — Yorwba
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminiFrom Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The "death" and "end" senses derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished.
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Forms
plural: demisesSynonyms
28 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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