funeral

noun

/ˈfjuːnərəl/

Idioms

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a ceremony, often a religious one, for burying or cremating (= burning) a dead person
- Hundreds of people attended the funeral.
- a funeral procession
- a funeral march (= a sad piece of music suitable for funerals)
Extra Examples
- A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral.
- Everyone went back to the house after the service for the funeral gathering.
- He read out a poem at her funeral.
- The dead man's son arranged the funeral.
- The family held a private funeral.
- a mass funeral of the victims of the fire
- the flames of the funeral pyre
Topics Religion and festivalsc1, Life stagesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- family
- private
- public
- …
verb + funeral
- attend
- come to
- go to
- …
funeral + verb
- be held
- take place
funeral + noun
- ceremony
- mass
- obsequies
- …
preposition
- at a/the funeral
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French funeraille, from medieval Latin funeralia, neuter plural of late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, funer- ‘funeral, death, corpse’.

Idioms

it’s your funeral

(informal) used to tell somebody that they, and nobody else, will have to deal with the unpleasant results of their own actions

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单词	funeral
释义	funeral noun /ˈfjuːnərəl/ /ˈfjuːnərəl/ Idioms jump to other results a ceremony, often a religious one, for burying or cremating (= burning) a dead person Hundreds of people attended the funeral. a funeral procession a funeral march (= a sad piece of music suitable for funerals) Extra Examples A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral. Everyone went back to the house after the service for the funeral gathering. He read out a poem at her funeral. The dead man's son arranged the funeral. The family held a private funeral. a mass funeral of the victims of the fire the flames of the funeral pyre Topics Religion and festivalsc1, Life stagesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective family private public … verb + funeral attend come to go to … funeral + verb be held take place funeral + noun ceremony mass obsequies … preposition at a/the funeral See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French funeraille, from medieval Latin funeralia, neuter plural of late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, funer- ‘funeral, death, corpse’. Idioms it’s your funeral (informal) used to tell somebody that they, and nobody else, will have to deal with the unpleasant results of their own actions Wordfinder ashes cemetery coffin cremation die funeral grave hearse morgue mourn
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