deceased

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈsist/ UK /dɪˈsiːst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
no longer living; a dead person

The estate was divided among the deceased man's heirs.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · no longer living; a dead... dead departed late defunct lifeless expired gone

Opposites

living alive surviving

Word family

Related forms decease predecease

Etymology

Past participle of decease, from Old French deces, from Latin dēcessus ('departure, death'), from dēcēdere ('to depart, die'), from de- plus cēdere ('to go').

dēcēdere Latin cēdere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# deceased

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈsist/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈsiːst/

## Meanings
1. no longer living; a dead person

## Examples
- The estate was divided among the deceased man's heirs.

## Synonyms
- dead
- departed
- late
- defunct
- lifeless
- expired
- gone

## Antonyms
- living
- alive
- surviving

## Related Forms
- decease
- predecease

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dēcēdere
- Root: cēdere

## Etymology
Past participle of decease, from Old French deces, from Latin dēcessus ('departure, death'), from dēcēdere ('to depart, die'), from de- plus cēdere ('to go').

## AI Etymology
Deceased is the past participle of decease, from Old French deces, from Latin dēcessus ('departure, death'), from dēcēdere ('to depart, die'), from de- plus cēdere ('to go'). Important recorded forms include dēcēdere (Latin) and cēdere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers no longer living; a dead person. The wider family includes related words such as decease and predecease.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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