mor|tal|i|ty

mor|tal|i|ty
mor|tal|i|ty «mr TAL uh tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. the condition of being sure to die sometime; mortal nature, character, or existence: »

Life's gayest scenes speak man's mortality (Edward Young).

2. loss of life on a large scale; frequency of death: »

The mortality from automobile accidents is very serious. Years of dearth…are generally among the common people, years of sickness and mortality (Adam Smith).

3. the number of deaths in proportion to the population or to a specified part of a population; death rate: »

The mortality from typhoid fever is decreasing.

4. deadliness; power to kill.
5. the human race; humanity: »

Young Sir Harry is about as puny and feeble a little bit of mortality as I ever saw (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

6. Obsolete. death: »

Here on my knee I beg mortality (Shakespeare).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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