A2noun · countable / uncountable · frequent

murder

mur·der

murder · murders

вбивство, убивство

убийство

Mord, mörderisch

An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predeterminationAn act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.

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UK/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/US/ˈmɝ.dɚ/

» We all suspect him of murder.

Wir alle verdächtigen ihn des Mordes.

Мы все подозреваем его в убийстве.

Ми всі підозрюємо його у вбивстві.

Meaning

7 senses

(countable)An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
Throwing that punch was a murder whether you meant for it to happen or not.
There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
(uncountable)The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
The defendant was charged with murder.
Mord
уби́йствоubíjstvo
уби́вствоubývstvo, вби́вствоvbývstvo
(uncountable)The act of killing any being in an immoral manner; (countable) an instance of this.
Meat is murder.
(broadly, countable, nonstandard, uncountable)Synonym of murderer , a person who has unlawfully killed another.
(figuratively, uncountable)Something difficult or terrible to endure.
I heard this class is murder.
This headache is murder.
Mord, mörderisch
(countable, dated, figuratively, slang, uncountable)Something remarkable or impressive.
(collective, countable)A flock of crows or sometimes ravens.
A murder of crows dotted my backyard.
Every morning we woke up to the squawking of what seemed like a hundred murders in the trees above our campsite.

More definitions

unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Examples

1375 sentences

We all suspect him of murder.
Ми всі підозрюємо його у вбивстві.
ruМы все подозреваем его в убийстве.
deWir alle verdächtigen ihn des Mordes.
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He is not guilty of murder.
Він не винний у вбивстві.
ruОн не виновен в убийстве.
deEr ist des Mordes nicht schuldig.
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Tom admitted that he murdered Mary.
Том зізнався, що він убив Мері.
deTom gab zu, Maria ermordet zu haben.
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I want Tom arrested for murder.
Я хочу, щоб Тома заарештували за вбивство.
ruЯ хочу, чтобы Том был арестован за убийство.
deIch will, dass Tom wegen Mordes verhaftet wird.
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Did you say Tom was murdered?
Ти сказав, що Тома убили?
ruТы сказал, Тома убили?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

an act of deliberate killing:

Русский

By meaning 1

an act of deliberate killing:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

an act of deliberate killing:

terrible to endure:

Origin

From Middle English murder, murdre, mourdre, alteration of earlier murthre (“murder”) (see

From Middle English murder, murdre, mourdre, alteration of earlier murthre (“murder”) (see murther), from Old English morþor (“secret slaying, unlawful killing”) and Old English myrþra (“murder, homicide”), both from Proto-West Germanic *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“death, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tro- (“killing”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *mor-, *mr̥- (“to die”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂 (maurþr, “murder”), Old High German mord (“murder”), Old Norse morð (“murder”), Old English myrþrian (“to murder”) and morþ.

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