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How to pronounce dead
Say it like this: /ˈdɛd/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does dead mean?
adjNo longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
“Have respect for the dead.”
Devoid of living things; barren.
“Was it possible to exist upon a dead world?”
Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
advExactly.
“He hit the target dead in the centre.”
Very, absolutely, extremely.
“I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars.”
Suddenly and completely.
“He stopped dead.”
nounTime when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
“the dead of night”
verbTo prevent by disabling; to stop.
To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
“Heaven's stern decree, / With many an ill, hath numb'd and deaded me.”
To kill.
“I shoulda deaded it from genesis instead of hittin' the Guinnesses”
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