mortality
The state or quality of being mortalThe state or quality of being mortal.: The state of being susceptible to death.
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» The mortality curve is climbing upwards.
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16 sentencesMeaning
7 sensesThe state or quality of being mortal.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being susceptible to death.
Sterblichkeit
сме́ртностьsmértnostʹ
сме́ртністьsmértnistʹ
The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.
(countable, uncountable)The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time.
Sterblichkeit, Mortalität, Sterbeziffer
сме́ртностьsmértnostʹ
сме́ртністьsmértnistʹ
the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
(countable, uncountable)Deaths resulting from an event (such as a war, epidemic or disaster).
More meanings 4
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Death.
The state or quality of being mortal.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality of being punishable by death.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality of causing death.
(archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Mortals collectively.
Origin
From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), froFrom Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), from mors (“death”); equivalent to mortal + -ity.
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Forms
plural: mortalities| Singular | mortality |
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Synonyms
37 synonyms- the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year:deathratedeath ratemortality ratefatality rate
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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