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# demise

«demise» in Mova's school dictionary: **The death of a person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural demises)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) The death of a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demise/#m1)

2) The end or failure of something, such as a plan or a business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a person's demise is their death, often told quietly or from a distance

### examples

- The old king's demise was sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demise/#x1)
- After the flood, the town's demise was sudden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demise/#x2)
- News of his demise surprised the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/demise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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