mortalitynoun [ U ]
uk/mɔːˈtæl.ə.ti/us/mɔːrˈtæl.ə.t̬i/formalthe way that people do not live for ever:
Her death made him more aware of his own mortality.
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immortality
C2 the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time:
the mortality rate
Infant mortality is much higher in the poorest areas of the city.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Death and dying
- be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
- bereave
- bite
- bury
- buy the farm idiom
- deceased
- depart
- done
- drop
- expire
- foot
- gone
- inquest
- loss
- peg
- posthumous
- road kill
- SIDS
- sudden infant death syndrome
- the disappeared
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