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# death

«death» in Mova's school dictionary: **The end of life; when a person, animal or plant dies and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (death, deaths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The end of life; when a person, animal or plant dies and stops living for ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#m1)

2) A case of someone dying: "There were no deaths in the accident." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#m2)

3) Used to exaggerate: "bored to death", "scared to death". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#m3)

4) A death can also be the hidden object or place that a villain's life depends on, as in old fairy tales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, all living things are born, grow, may reproduce and die; death is part of the life cycle. In feelings lessons, the death of a pet or a person can bring grief, and it helps to talk about it. In history, numbers of deaths describe wars and diseases. In safety, rules exist to prevent injury and death. Phrases: life and death, the death of, bored to death, scared to death, matter of life and death.

### examples

- The death of our old dog made us very sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#x1)
- Every living thing has a life and a death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#x2)
- Wearing a seatbelt helps prevent death in crashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#x3)
- It's OK to cry and talk about a death in the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#x4)
- I was scared to death by the thunder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#x5)
- Seatbelts are a matter of life and death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#x6)
- "Whereabouts is your death, O Koshchei?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/#x7)

### note

The verb is "die" (died, dying), the adjective is "dead". Do not write "death" when you mean "dead": "The fish is dead", not "The fish is death". Phrases like "bored to death" are exaggerations, not real. It is normal to feel sad, angry or confused after a death; talking to a trusted adult helps.

### In the corpora

- [The sadness after a death is called grief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/5/)
- [Different families believe different things about what happens after death, and nobody knows for certain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/7/)
- [The anniversary of a death often brings the sadness back strongly; families may light a candle, visit the grave or share stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/16/)
- [Death hoaxes about famous people spread fast because they are shocking; check a proper news site before believing or sharing one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/10/)
- [Newsreaders speak slowly and look serious about deaths to show respect for the people who died and their families.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «death» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/death/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.