deceased
adjective /dɪˈsiːst/
/dɪˈsiːst/
(law or formal)- dead
- her deceased parents
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc2- His mother is now sadly deceased.
- her recently deceased husband
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- recently
- now
- sadly
- …
- the deceasednoun(plural the deceased)a person who has died, especially recently
- the family of the deceased