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deceased

dee-SEEST/diˈsist/UKdi-SEEST/dɪˈsiːst/

Noun pluraldeceased, deceaseds

4 meanings of deceased

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Dead, or no longer living.

    Both of her grandparents are deceased.

    Please list any deceased family members on the form.

    Similardead, late, departed, gone, lifeless

    Oppositealive, living

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  2. 2
    the dead personnoun
    A person or people who have died, or the person killed in a crime.

    The deceased left most of her money to the animal shelter.

    Friends of the deceased gathered at the church on Sunday.

    Similardeparted, dead

    Oppositeliving

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  3. 3
    left behindadjective
    Owned by or left by someone who has died.

    The family hired a lawyer to sort out the deceased estate.

    Everything in the deceased estate, from the house to the old car, went to her two sons.

  4. 4
    overwhelmed (joke)adjective
    So overwhelmed by something that you joke you have died.

    That video of the dancing goat? I'm deceased.

    When the teacher started rapping the spelling list, the whole class was deceased.

    Similardead

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Origin

It comes from decease, which goes back to a Latin word meaning “departure”.