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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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1. a. : death. b. : a cessation of existence or activity. c. : a loss of position or status. 2. : the conveyance of an estate. 3. : transfer of the sovereignty to a successor. demise. 2 of 2. verb. demised; demising. transitive verb. 1. : to convey by will or lease. demise an estate. 2. : to transmit by succession or inheritance. 3.
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.
2. a euphemistic or formal word for death. 3. property law. a. a transfer of an estate by lease. b. the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner. 4. the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown) verb.
/dɪˈmaɪz/ IPA guide. Other forms: demised; demises. 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.
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.
noun. /dɪˈmaɪz/ [usually singular] the end or failure of an institution, an idea, a company, etc. He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise. the demise of the USSR. Extra Examples. Topics Difficulty and failure c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Take your English to the next level.
Definitions of 'demise' The demise of something or someone is their end or death. [formal] [...] More. Conjugations of 'demise' present simple: I demise, you demise [...] past simple: I demised, you demised [...] past participle: demised. More. Synonyms of 'demise' • failure, end, fall [...] • death, end, dying [...]
demise meaning, definition, what is demise: the end of something that used to exist...: Learn more.
