Obituary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A published notice of a death, sometimes with a brief biography of the deceased.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
  • n. A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons
  • n. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.
  • n. A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended.
  • n. The section of a newspaper in which obituaries{2} are printed.
  • n. A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or relating to the death of a person or persons: as, an obituary notice.
  • n. A list of the dead; also, a register of obitual anniversary days, when service is performed for the dead.
  • n. An account of persons deceased; notice of the death of a person, often accompanied with a brief biographical sketch.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    notice   
    Cross Reference
    necrology   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    obit    necrology   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    book-review    op-ed    dmca/infringement    double-column    eulogistic    editorial    Winnipeg    carlin    big-name   
     
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