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mortality
the quality or state of being mortal; death rate; the ratio of deaths in a given area to the population of that area: mortality figures
Not to be confused with:
morality – character or virtue; concern with the distinction between good and evil or right conduct; the right principles of human conduct: morality lessons
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mor·tal·i·ty
(môr-tăl′ĭ-tē)n. pl. mor·tal·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being mortal.
2. Mortals considered as a group; the human race.
3. Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life: the mortality wrought by an epidemic.
4. Death rate.
5. The rate of failure or loss: the high mortality among family-run farms.
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mortality
(mɔːˈtælɪtɪ)n, pl -ties
1. the condition of being mortal
2. (Pathology) great loss of life, as in war or disaster
3. (Pathology) the number of deaths in a given period
4. mankind; humanity
5. an obsolete word for death
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mor•tal•i•ty
(mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. the state or condition of being subject to death.
2. the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate.
3. mortal beings collectively; humanity.
4. death or destruction on a large scale, as from war, plague, or famine.
5. Obs. death.
[1300–50]
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Noun | 1. | mortality - the quality or state of being mortal impermanence, impermanency - the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations immortality - the quality or state of being immortal |
2. | mortality - the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year infant deathrate, infant mortality, infant mortality rate - the death rate during the first year of life neonatal mortality, neonatal mortality rate - the death rate during the first 28 days of life rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
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mortality
noun
1. humanity, transience, impermanence, ephemerality, temporality, corporeality, impermanency The event served as a stark reminder of our mortality.
2. death, dying, fatality, loss of life the nation's infant mortality rate
Quotations
"Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return" Bible: Genesis
"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" Book of Common Prayer
"Old mortality, the ruins of forgotten times" [Thomas Browne Hydriotaphia]
"All men think all men mortal but themselves" [Edward Young Night Thoughts]
"Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not" Bible: Job
"Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return" Bible: Genesis
"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" Book of Common Prayer
"Old mortality, the ruins of forgotten times" [Thomas Browne Hydriotaphia]
"All men think all men mortal but themselves" [Edward Young Night Thoughts]
"Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not" Bible: Job
Proverbs
"Here today and gone tomorrow"
"Here today and gone tomorrow"
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
عَدَد الوَفياتفَناء، وفاة
smrtelnostúmrtnost
=-dødeligheddødelighed
smrtnost
halálozáshalálozási arányhalandóság
dánartíînidauîleiki
smrteľnosť
dödlighet
ölüm oranıölümlülük
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mortality
[mɔːrˈtælɪti] n → mortalité fmortality rate n → (taux m de) mortalité fmortal sin n → péché m mortelCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mortality
n
(= mortal state) → Sterblichkeit f
(= number of deaths) → Todesfälle pl; (= rate) → Sterblichkeit(sziffer) f, → Mortalität f (form); mortality rate, rate of mortality → Sterbeziffer f, → Sterblichkeitsziffer f, → Mortalität f (form)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mortal
(ˈmoːtl) adjective1. liable to die; unable to live for ever. Man is mortal.
2. of or causing death. a mortal illness; mortal enemies (= enemies willing to fight each other till death); mortal combat.
noun a human being. All mortals must die sometime.
morˈtality (-ˈtӕ-) noun1. the state of being mortal.
2. (also mortality rate) the number of deaths in proportion to the population; the death rate. infant mortality.
ˈmortally adverb in such a way as to cause death. He has been mortally wounded.
mortal sin (especially in Roman Catholicism) a very serious sin, as a result of which the soul is damned for ever.
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mor·tal·i·ty
n. mortalidad, mortandad.
1. estado de ser mortal;
2. índice de mortalidad.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
mortality
n mortalidad f; infant — mortalidad infantilEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.