mortality

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /mɔrˈtæləti/ UK /mɔːˈtæləti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the condition of being mortal; the death rate within a population

The illness brought him face to face with his own mortality.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the condition of being... death fatality transienceperishabilitydeath-rate

Opposites

immortality eternity

Word family

Related forms mortal mortallymortician

Etymology

From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās ('the condition of being mortal'), from mortālis ('subject to death'), from mors (genitive mortis, 'death').

mortālitās Latin mortālis Latin mors Latin

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# mortality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mɔrˈtæləti/
**IPA (UK):** /mɔːˈtæləti/

## Meanings
1. the condition of being mortal; the death rate within a population

## Examples
- The illness brought him face to face with his own mortality.

## Synonyms
- death
- fatality
- transience
- perishability
- death-rate

## Antonyms
- immortality
- eternity

## Related Forms
- mortal
- mortally
- mortician

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mortālitās
- Root: mortālis
- Root: mors

## Etymology
From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās ('the condition of being mortal'), from mortālis ('subject to death'), from mors (genitive mortis, 'death').

## AI Etymology
Mortality comes from Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās ('the condition of being mortal'), from mortālis ('subject to death'), from mors (genitive mortis, 'death'). The historical trail runs through Latin mortālitās, Latin mortālis and Latin mors. In modern use it means the condition of being mortal; the death rate within a population. Related forms include mortal, mortally, mortician.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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