mortality

noun

/mɔːˈtæləti/

/mɔːrˈtæləti/

(plural mortalities)

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[uncountable] the state of being human and not living forever
- After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.
[uncountable] the number of deaths in a particular situation or period of time
- Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing.
see also infant mortality
Extra Examples
- Poor hygiene led to high mortality among children.
- The disease has caused widespread mortality.
- a condition that often results in premature mortality
- a lower annual mortality from cancer
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- low
- early
- …
verb + mortality
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
mortality + verb
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
mortality + noun
- level
- rate
- data
- …
preposition
- mortality among
- mortality from
phrases
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality
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[countable] (specialist) a death
- hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- low
- early
- …
verb + mortality
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
mortality + verb
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
mortality + noun
- level
- rate
- data
- …
preposition
- mortality among
- mortality from
phrases
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin mortalitas, from mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.

单词	mortality
释义	mortality noun /mɔːˈtæləti/ /mɔːrˈtæləti/ (plural mortalities) jump to other results [uncountable] the state of being human and not living forever After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality. [uncountable] the number of deaths in a particular situation or period of time Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing. see also infant mortality Extra Examples Poor hygiene led to high mortality among children. The disease has caused widespread mortality. a condition that often results in premature mortality a lower annual mortality from cancer Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high low early … verb + mortality cause decrease reduce … mortality + verb increase decrease fall … mortality + noun level rate data … preposition mortality among mortality from phrases a decline in mortality an increase in mortality See full entry [countable] (specialist) a death hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital) Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high low early … verb + mortality cause decrease reduce … mortality + verb increase decrease fall … mortality + noun level rate data … preposition mortality among mortality from phrases a decline in mortality an increase in mortality See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin mortalitas, from mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.
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