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- DictionaryMor·tal·i·ty/môrˈtalədē/
noun
- 1. the state of being subject to death: "the work is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality"
- 2. death, especially on a large scale: "the causes of mortality among infants and young children"
1. : the quality or state of being mortal. Her husband's death reminded her of her own mortality. 2. : the death of large numbers (as of people or animals) trying to reduce infant mortality. 3. archaic : death. 4. : the human race. that natural extinction to which all mortality is subject Thomas Paine. 5. a.
MORTALITY definition: 1. the way that people do not live for ever: 2. the number of deaths within a particular society…. Learn more.
MORTALITY meaning: 1. the way that people do not live for ever: 2. the number of deaths within a particular society…. Learn more.
Mortality definition: the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence.. See examples of MORTALITY used in a sentence.
Definition of mortality noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
MORTALITY meaning: 1. the number of deaths at a particular time or in a particular place: 2. the way that people do…. Learn more.
MORTALITY meaning: 1 : the quality or state of being a person or thing that is alive and therefore certain to die the quality or state of being mortal; 2 : the death of a person, animal, etc.
1. the condition of being mortal; esp., the nature of a human being, as having eventually to die. 2. death on a large scale, as from disease or war. 3. a. the proportion of deaths to the population of a region, nation, etc.; death rate. b. the death rate from a particular disease.
Mortality Definition. The condition of being mortal; esp., the nature of a human being, as having eventually to die. Death on a large scale, as from disease or war. The proportion of deaths to the population of a region, nation, etc.; death rate. Human beings collectively. The death rate from a particular disease.
1. The quality or condition of being mortal. 2. Mortals considered as a group; the human race. 3. Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life: the mortality wrought by an epidemic. 4. Death rate. 5. The rate of failure or loss: the high mortality among family-run farms.
