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- Dictionaryde·mise/dəˈmīz/
noun
- 1. a person's death: "Mr. Grisenthwaite's tragic demise" Similar Opposite
- 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"
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Demise can be a noun or a verb, and it means death, cessation, loss, or transfer. Learn the synonyms, examples, etymology, and legal and kids definitions of demise.
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. verb (used with object) , de·mised, de·mis·ing.
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.
Demise is a noun that means the end or death of something or someone, or a transfer of property or sovereignty. It can also be a verb that means to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession.
Demise is a noun that means the end or failure of something, or (formal or humorous) death. Learn how to use it in sentences, see pictures and find synonyms in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Demise means the end of something, usually because it has stopped being popular or successful, or someone's death. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Learner's Dictionary.
