Obit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal An obituary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an obituary
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Death; decease; the date of one's death.
  • n. A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
  • n. A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.
  • n. Same as obituary; -- by shortenting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Death; decease; the fact or time of death.
  • n. A religious service for a person deceased, preceding the interment; the office for the dead.
  • n. The anniversary of a person's death, or a service or observance on the anniversary of his death (also called an annal, annual, or year's mind); more particularly, a memorial service on the anniversary of the death of the founder or benefactor of a church, college, or other institution. In old writers also spelled obite, obyte.
  • n. The sinking of a star or planet below the horizon; setting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
  • Hypernym
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    notice   
    Variant
    obituary   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    death    decease    obsequies   
    Rhyme
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    Brit    Grit    Kit    Pitt    Pritt    Schlitt    Schmidt    Split    Whit    Witt   
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