obituary
Phonetic
US /əʊˈbɪtʃueri/UK /əˈbɪtʃuəri/
Translations
NOUNA brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete), the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published., A brief biography of a person (especially one who is well-known) who has recently died, usually describing their life and achievements, particularly in the form of an article in a news publication or an item in a news broadcast., An announcement or description of the end of something., A register of deaths, especially one maintained by a religious institution; a necrology.
Variants
- obituaries: Plural
Examples
an obituary or something but instead I
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Remember Alfred Nobel, later of Nobel Prize fame, who — reportedly — read his own obituary that was mistakenly printed when his brother died and a newspaper got mixed up.
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Don’t count on a newsroom mix-up: Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.
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, his official obituary finds room for four tributes to the leadership of the party central committee “with Xi Jinping at the core”
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Saudan spent his life defying gravity, avalanches and obituary writers.
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