dead

A2 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

Also spelled deead

US /dɛd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like dad /ɛ/ vs /æ/

adj Freq #248

Meanings

1

adj
No longer alive.

The flowers in the garden were all dead by winter.
2

adj
(of a machine or device) no longer working.

My phone battery is completely dead.
3

adj
Very quiet, with no activity.

The town is dead on Sunday evenings.
4

adj
No longer used or relevant.

Latin is often called a dead language.

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Synonyms

asleep blessed cadaverousclay-colddeceased decomposed defunct departed expired extinct fey gone

Opposites

alive live living

Word family

Forms deaderdeadestdeadnessdeads

Derived forms brain-deadbraindeadcard-deaddead-alivedead-and-alivedead-beatdead-blowdead-borndead-bugdead-centerdead-centereddead-clothes

Related forms cemetery deaden deadliness deadlydeadnessdeath die kill undead

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Etymology

From 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, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.

ded Middle English dēad Old English *daud Proto-West Germanic *daudaz Proto-Germanic *dʰew- Proto-Indo-European

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# dead

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** dɛd
**Frequency rank:** 248

## Meanings
1. No longer alive.
2. (of a machine or device) no longer working.
3. Very quiet, with no activity.
4. No longer used or relevant.

## Examples
- The flowers in the garden were all dead by winter.
- My phone battery is completely dead.
- The town is dead on Sunday evenings.
- Latin is often called a dead language.

## Synonyms
- asleep
- blessed
- cadaverous
- clay-cold
- deceased
- decomposed
- defunct
- departed
- expired
- extinct
- fey
- gone

## Antonyms
- alive
- live
- living

## Derived Forms
- brain-dead
- braindead
- card-dead
- dead-alive
- dead-and-alive
- dead-beat
- dead-blow
- dead-born
- dead-bug
- dead-center
- dead-centered
- dead-clothes

## Related Forms
- cemetery
- deaden
- deadliness
- deadly
- deadness
- death
- die
- kill
- undead

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ded
- Root: dēad
- Root: *daud
- Root: *daudaz
- Root: *dʰew-

## Etymology
From 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, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.

## AI Etymology
dead comes from 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, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud. The historical chain includes Middle English ded, Old English dēad, Proto-West Germanic *daud, Proto-Germanic *daudaz, Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-. Current senses include No longer alive and (of a machine or device) no longer working. English relatives and later formations include brain-dead, braindead, card-dead, cemetery, deaden.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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