{
    "term": "dead",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "no longer alive",
            "sensetop": "dead from/of something",
            "labels": "(informal)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My mother's dead; she died in 2017."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a dead person/animal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "dead leaves/wood/skin"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Catherine's **dead body** lay peacefully on the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **shot dead** by a gunman outside his home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A high school shooting has **left **six students **dead**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **pronounced dead** at the scene of the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The poor child looks **more dead than alive**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **missing, presumed dead**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **dropped dead** *(= died suddenly)* last week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One short year later, Fred would be dead from a heart attack.",
                    "contextForm": "dead from/of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In ten years he'll be **dead and buried** as a politician."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the time the police arrived, he was already dead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid he's quite dead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The woman was found dead with a rope around her neck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His wife lay dead beside him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had been struck dead by lightning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animal will sometimes escape danger by playing dead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We didn't know whether the fish was dead or alive."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "lie", "look"],
                "adverb": ["quite", "almost", "nearly"],
                "phrases": ["dead and buried", "dead and gone", "dead or alive"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not working because of a lack of power",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dead battery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly the phone **went dead**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "John's mobile was completely dead."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "no longer believed in or aimed for",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many believe the peace plan is dead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unfortunately racism is not yet dead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Though the idea may be dead, it is far from being buried *(= people still talk about it, even though there is nothing new to say)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "belonging to the past; no longer practised or fashionable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is the Western a dead art form?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a dead language *(= one that is no longer spoken, for example Latin)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "finished; not able to be used any more",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "dead matches"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were two dead bottles of wine on the table."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "very quiet, without activity or interest",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There were no theatres, no cinemas, no coffee bars. It was dead as anything."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "without activity; with nobody buying or selling anything",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘The market is absolutely dead this morning,’ said one foreign exchange trader."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "extremely tired; not well",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**half dead** with cold and hunger"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt **dead on her feet** and didn't have the energy to question them further."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "unable to feel because of cold, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My left arm had **gone dead**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "unable to feel or understand emotions",
            "sensetop": "dead to something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was dead to all feelings of pity."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "showing no emotion",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She said, ‘I'm sorry, too,’ in a quiet, dead voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His usually dead grey eyes were sparkling."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "complete or exact",
            "labels": "(informal)(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **dead silence/calm**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **dead centre** of the target"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car gave a sudden jerk and came to a **dead stop**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her face was a **dead giveaway** *(= made it very obvious)* that something was going on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This horse is a **dead cert** for *(= will certainly win)* the race tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She crumpled to the floor **in a dead faint** *(= completely unconscious)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "never having been alive",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "dead matter *(= for example rock)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a dead planet *(= one with no life on it)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "outside the playing area",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a dead ball with five seconds to go in the game."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be dead",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That won't happen until long after I'm dead and gone."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to look very like somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "completely dead; no longer interesting or relevant",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the second half both teams made substitutions to try and liven things up, but the game was as dead as a dodo."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "completely dead",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is certain to fail and that is therefore not worth discussing",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an influence that controls or limits something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or plan that is dead in the water has failed and has little hope of succeeding in the future",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His leadership campaign is dead in the water."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in serious trouble",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If anyone finds out, you're dead meat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "(of an accident victim or other patient) already dead when arriving at a hospital",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was pronounced dead on arrival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn’t even make it to hospital: DOA."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of the casualties were dead on arrival."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very unlikely to be successful; not working when it is delivered",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The software was DOA."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a deep sleep",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to impress somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You look fabulous—you'll knock ’em dead tonight."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show you are strongly opposed to something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She moves into our home over my dead body."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you would not like to wear particular clothes, or to be in a particular situation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She wouldn't be seen dead in a hat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ded/",
                "audio": "de/dead/dead__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ded/",
                "audio": "de/dead/dead__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English dēad, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch dood and German tot, also to die."
}