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# mortal

«mortal» in Mova's school dictionary: **Certain to die one day; not living forever** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (mortal); noun (a mortal, mortals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Certain to die one day; not living forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#m1)

2) (adjective) Causing death (a mortal wound). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#m2)

3) (noun) A human being, especially in stories about gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#m3)

4) (adjective) Very great or extreme (mortal danger, mortal fear). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#m4)

5) (Irish slang) Very drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In myths and legends: gods are immortal, humans are mortal. In stories: mortal enemies (enemies who hate each other forever), mortal danger. In science: all living things are mortal. Phrases: mortal enemy, mere mortals, mortal danger.

### examples

- All living things are mortal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x1)
- In Greek myths, gods live forever but mortals do not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x2)
- The knight received a mortal wound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x3)
- The two kings were mortal enemies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x4)
- The climbers were in mortal danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x5)
- Only gods could lift the hammer, not mere mortals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x6)
- He was mortal last night after the party (Irish slang). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x7)
- You know that Saouy is my mortal enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortal/#x8)

### note

Opposite: immortal (never dies). Noun: mortality (the fact of dying; also the death rate). "Mere mortals" is often jokey, meaning ordinary people.

### In the corpora

- ["Shuffled off this mortal coil" means died; it comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet and is used jokingly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/15/)
- [Theo's big brother Callum has Mortal Kombat, a fighting game with a big «18» on the box.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/0/)
- [Two nights after Mortal Kombat at Theo's, Leo woke at 3 a.m. absolutely certain a skeleton was under his bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/0/)
- ['Shall mortal man be just before God?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.83/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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