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deader

SayDED-er/ˈdɛdɚ/AUS/ˈdɛdə/UKDED-uh/ˈdɛdə/

Noun pluraldeaders

2 meanings of deader

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  1. 1
    adjectivecolloquialfigurativelyhumorous
    Comparative of dead. Used to say one thing seems more dead or more lifeless than another.

    My phone is even deader than yours. It won't light up at all.

    The party got even deader once the music stopped.

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  2. 2
    nouncolloquialhumorouscountable
    A person who has died, or who will die very soon.

    By the time the ambulance arrived, the man was already a deader.

    One more mistake like that and he's a deader, the foreman warned.

    Similargoner, corpse, stiff

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deader is a form of dead

dead, adjective: No longer living, after life has ended. Full entry

Forms
deaddeader comparativedeadest superlative
Spelling
dead → deader: add -er

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Origin

From "dead" plus the ending "-er," which can make a comparative or name a person who does something.