demise

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
2. (countable, uncountable) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
3. (countable) Death.
4. (countable) The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
5. (countable, uncountable) The atmospheric disintegration of a satellite or satellite component upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give.
2. (transitive) To convey, as by will or lease.
3. (transitive) To transmit by inheritance.
4. (intransitive) To pass by inheritance.
5. (intransitive) To die.

Synonyms

death

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decease

die

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dying

perish

pass away

end

🔚

expire

exit

go

kick the bucket

croak

pass

drop dead

snuff it

pop off

conk

doom

cash in one’s chips

choke

buy the farm

ring down the curtain

pass on

passing

convey

bequeath

give-up the ghost

cease to be

go to meet ones maker

alienate

end of life

join the choir invisible

succumb

grant

transfer

departure

depart

deliver

decline

bite the dust

allow

decay

bequest

finale

fate

extradite

alienation

abnegate

extinction

exterminate

Translations

décès

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morte

💀

Ableben

mort

fallecimiento

Tod

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morire

💀

overlijden

💀

mourir

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verscheiden

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πεθαίνω

morte

💀

succomber

sterben

💀

ins Gras beißen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈmaɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: demyse

Inherited from Middle English: dimisen

In summary

From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The "death" and "end" senses derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished.
The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun.

Sentences

After its demise , the city would never attain its old glory again .