El an illness or accident that you die from
Jatal /'feitl {adj| a fatal accident or medical condition kills the person who has it, usually immediately: a fatal heart attack I Meyer's car was involved in a fatal accident on the Al.
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fatally 1 adv] fatally injured/wounded His father had been fatally injured in an explosion in the mine where he worked.
when one of your relatives or friends dies
lose /lu:z/ [u T] if you lose a friend or a close relative, they die: Maya lost her mother when she was very young. I It's a terrible thing to lose someone very close to you. losing - lost - have lost
be widowed /bi: 'widaud/ if you are
widowed, your husband or wife dies: Becky was widowed only ten months after her marriage, widowed [adj only before noun) He's gone to stay with his widowed mother in Florida.
be orphaned /bi: yJbndj if you are
orphaned, both your parents die when you are still young: Thousands of Rwandan children have been orphaned by the war. orphaned \odj only before noun] a home for orphaned children
when a type of animal or plant stops existing
out /,dai 'aut/ (phrasa/ verb 1) if a type of animal or plant dies out, fewer and fewer of them exist, until in the end there are no more left: The dinosaurs died out long ago. i Many species of wildflower are dying out as a result of pollution.
extinct /ik'stiqkt/ [ac/j] a type of animal or plant that is extinct does not exist any more: Animals such as the white rhino and the giant panda may soon be extinct. become extinct Bears became extinct in this country over 100 years ago.
В places, ceremonies, etc
connected with people
who have died
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terminal /Wm^iwl/ [adj] a terminal illness cannot be cured, and th2 person who has it will soon die: She was recently told she had terminal cancer, terminally [adv]
terminally ill a ward for terminally ill
patients
/uneral /'fjitiradl/ |n С) a religious ceremony when someone who has died is buried or burned coffin (also casket american) /'kofin, 'ka:sk^t||'ko:-, 'kaes-/ (л CJ the box in which a dead person1 s body is placed for their funeral
hearse /h3irs/ (n C) a large car used to carry a body in a coffin at a funeral
bury /beri [и T) to put a dead person's body in a grave: She was buried in the little churchyard, not for from the place where she was born. burying - buried - have buried
be cremated /bi: kri;meitj,d||-kri:meitJ,d when a dead person's body is burned, usually after a funeral
grave /greiv/ [n С] a deep hole in the ground where a dead person's body is buried
graveyard fgreivja:rd/ [n Cj an area of land where dead people are buried; graveyards are usually smaller than cemeteries, and in Britain they are usually next to a church
cemetery /'sem^rilj-teri/ [n C] a large area of land where dead people are buried war cemetery (=where soldiers killed in а war are buried plural cemeteries
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SPECIAL
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a different one, or not the same one
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not like something or someone else
different /difoant/ \adj] if something or someone is different, they are not like something or someone else, or they are not like they were before. We've painted the door a different colour. I You look different. Hove you had your hair cut? I Our two children are very different, different from sth/sb (also different tKan sth/sb American) This computer is different from the one I used in my last job.
completely/totally different The living-
room looks totally different with those new curtains, differently [adu] The two words sound the same, but they're spelled differently.
A If you want to say that two people or things are different from each other, you can just say they are different: Rap music and reggae are different in lots of ways.
riot tike /not laik; [preposition] different from - use this especially when two things or people are not at all similar: You should remember that walking in the hills isn't like walking down the street - it can be very dangerous. not at alt like/nothing like (=completely
different from) She's very shy ~ not at all
like her sister.
not look/sound Uke The voice on the answering machine did not sound like Anna at all.
not the same /not to 'seim/ different -
use this especially when two things are similar but not exactly like each other: The two patterns are similar but not the same. + as Tve tried Mexican food here in London, but it just isn't the same as in Mexico.
vary /'ve^ri/ [и I] if things of the same type
vary, they are all different from each other: Methods of treatment vary according to the age and general health of the patient.
vary considerably/greatly Prices of video cameras vary considerably. vary in price/quality/size//lavour etc
The cheeses vary in flavour from mild to strong.
varying - varied - have varied
differ difa' [и I] formal if two things differ, they have different qualities or features
+ /rom Scottish ш has always differed from English law.
differ In cost/size/appearance etc The
two drugs have the same effect, but they differ in certain important respects.
differ gready/widely Opinions on the subject differ widely.
И completely different from anyone or anything else
unique 'jui'niik/ |adj] something unique is so different, special, or unusual that it is the only one of its kind: a musician with a unique style 1 о mental ability which makes the human race unique among animals
special /"spej>l/ [adj] designed for one particular purpose, and therefore different from other things of its type: Bob's been on a special diet since his heart attack. I You need a special tool for this job.
distinctive /di'stiqktiv/ [adj] something
that is distinctive has a special quality or appearance that makes it different from other things, and makes it easy to recognize: The distinctive taste of genuine malt whisky. I Sarah dressed in a very distinctive style.
H another one, not the same one as before
another /эплбэг/ [determiner/pronoun] one more of the same kind of thing or person: creatures from another planet I Louise has a house in New York, and another house in Florida, another one I didn't like the dress Td bought, so I changed it for another one.