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mortality

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  1. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being mortal.
  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being mortal.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being mortal.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.
  6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Death.
  7. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Mortals collectively.

Opposite of
immortality
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɔɹˈtælɪti/
Etymology

From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), from mors (“death”); equivalent to mortal + -ity.

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