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- DictionaryDe·mise/dəˈmīz/
noun
- 1. a person's death: "Mr. Grisenthwaite's tragic demise"
- 2. conveyance or transfer of property or a title by demising.
verb
- 1. convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease: "the manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms"
1. : to convey by will or lease. demise an estate. 2. : to transmit by succession or inheritance.
DEMISE definition: 1. the death of a person: 2. the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful…. Learn more.
noun. death or decease. termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire. Law. a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate. a conveyance or transfer of an estate. Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign.
Resort to the noun demise when you describe the end, termination, or death of something or someone. Demise is mostly used in medical or legal language, or when someone wants to sound either formal or euphemistic.
Synonyms for DEMISE: death, fate, passing, doom, dissolution, end, decease, grave; Antonyms of DEMISE: birth, existence, life, creation, rise, nativity, genesis, origination.
the end or failure of an institution, an idea, a company, etc. He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise. (formal or humorous) death. Definition of demise noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 days ago · demise. (dɪmaɪz ) singular noun [usually with poss] The demise of something or someone is their end or death. [formal] ...the demise of the reform movement. Smoking, rather than genetics, was the cause of his early demise. Synonyms: failure, end, fall, defeat More Synonyms of demise. More Synonyms of demise.
demise. ( dɪˈmaɪz) n. 1. failure or termination: the demise of one's hopes. 2. a euphemistic or formal word for death. 3. (Law) property law. a. a transfer of an estate by lease.
DEMISE definition: 1. the end of something, usually because it has stopped being popular or successful: 2. someone's…. Learn more.
the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner. the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown) vb. to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession.
