deceased

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat No longer alive; dead.

   “1969, Monty Python, Dead Parrot Sketch That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.”

2. sıfat Belonging to the dead.

   “The executor's commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.”

3. sıfat One who has died.
4. sıfat Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.

   “You look so good, I'm deceased!”

5. isim Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

   “The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.”

6. isim One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

   “Deceased had already made a will in his favour before her marriage, but—and Mr. Philips wagged an expressive forefinger—the prisoner was not aware of that. What had induced the deceased to make a fresh will, with the old one still extant, he could not say.”