{
    "term": "death",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the fact of somebody dying or being killed",
            "sensetop": "death from something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the anniversary of his wife’s death"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his **sudden/untimely/premature death**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **tragic death** of a child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury returned a verdict of **accidental death**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is believed she died a violent death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He suffered a slow and painful death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an increase in deaths from cancer",
                    "contextForm": "death from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He met his death two years later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He witnessed the death of his mother from tuberculosis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her death came at the age of 82."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How far would they go to avenge the death of their friend?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "More deaths occur in winter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More than 30% of all cancer deaths in the country can be attributed to smoking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Obesity is a leading cause of preventable deaths."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On Samuel's death, the farm passed to his sons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police report a decrease in violent deaths."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police are not treating the death as suspicious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Women accounted for 2% of all combat deaths."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She faked her own death so he couldn't find her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bombing resulted in many civilian deaths."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are still mourning the death of their daughter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The brutal attack resulted in the man's death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two deaths from cholera have been reported."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a service to commemorate the death of thousands of soldiers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an increase in drug overdose deaths"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The annual total of road deaths is falling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president's untimely death has thrown the country into chaos."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["early", "premature", "untimely"],
                "verb + death": ["bring", "cause", "lead to"],
                "death + verb": ["come", "happen", "occur"],
                "death + noun": ["rate", "count", "toll"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after (somebody’s) death",
                    "at death",
                    "before (somebody’s) death"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "cause of death",
                    "a matter of life and death",
                    "a matter of life or death"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the end of life; the state of being dead",
            "sensetop": "to death",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police are trying to establish the **cause of death**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease can **cause death **unless the patient is treated promptly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you believe in **life after death**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **sentenced to death** *(= to be )*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Millions of people starved to death *(= were killed by lack of food)*.",
                    "contextForm": "to death"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's drinking himself to death *(= so that it will kill him)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to beat/kick/stab somebody to death"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Four prisoners were under sentence of death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Touching the wires means instant death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "death by starvation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Poor living conditions can lead to early death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was clear that the dog was near death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His face looked more peaceful in death than it had during his last days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These crimes were punishable by death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The average age at death of plague victims was 14."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The actor has received death threats since appearing in the controversial film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a death notice in the newspaper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your next of kin will receive death benefit if you die in an accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The victims' families can sue for wrongful death."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["early", "premature", "untimely"],
                "verb + death": ["bring", "cause", "lead to"],
                "death + verb": ["come", "happen", "occur"],
                "death + noun": ["rate", "count", "toll"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after (somebody’s) death",
                    "at death",
                    "before (somebody’s) death"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "cause of death",
                    "a matter of life and death",
                    "a matter of life or death"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the stopping of biochemical processes of life in a cell or tissue, in a way that cannot be reversed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This process becomes irreversible and leads to cell death."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the permanent end or destruction of something",
            "sensetop": "death of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the death of all my plans"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the death of fascism"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the power that destroys life, imagined as human in form",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Death is often shown in paintings as a human skeleton."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Death marched in and took him away."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "so ill that you may die",
            "labels": "(often humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I suppose you won’t be coming to the party if you’re at death’s door!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to worry or upset somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Those kids will be the death of me."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to catch a very bad cold",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to survive in a situation where you could have died",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to risk your life by doing something that you know is dangerous",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Danger"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fail completely",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The play got terrible reviews and quickly died a death."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do or perform something so often that people become tired of seeing or hearing it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That joke's been done to death."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a terrible thing that could happen",
            "labels": "(often humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At the last minute she was saved from a fate worse than death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Getting married seemed a fate worse than death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Obeying his parents' wishes for his life seemed a fate worse than death."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fight until one of the two people or groups is dead, or until one person or group defeats the other",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The soldiers were prepared to fight to the death if they had to."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The story has been flogged to death in the press."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to frighten somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Spiders frighten him to death."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hold somebody/something very tightly or keep something in a very determined way because you are afraid",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You get a job, then you get a mortgage and then you hang on like grim death to your job to pay off the mortgage."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an event that seems good, but is certain to make something else fail",
            "labels": "(informal, especially humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An award can be the kiss of death for a writer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That TV commercial was the kiss of death to his career as a serious actor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the possibility or belief that people continue to exist in some form after they die",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you believe in life after death?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to look or feel very ill or tired",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe a situation that is very important or serious",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You mustn't let anyone know— it's a matter of life and death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These talks are a matter of life or death for the factory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Delivering on time is a matter of life and death for a small company."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to kill somebody as a punishment",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prisoner will be put to death at dawn."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "execute"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely; very much",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to be bored to death"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm **sick to death** of your endless criticism."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "until somebody is dead",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fight to the death"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/deθ/",
                "audio": "de/death/death__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/deθ/",
                "audio": "de/death/death__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English dēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die."
}