Definitions for mortality

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mortality mor·tal·i·ty

Spelling: [mawr-tal-i-tee]

IPA: /mɔrˈtæl ɪ ti/

Mortality is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 373 anagrams from letters in mortality (ailmortty).

Definitions for mortality

noun

1. the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence.
2. the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate.
3. mortal beings collectively; humanity.
4. death or destruction on a large scale, as from war, plague, or famine.
5. Obsolete. death.

Origin of mortality

1300-50; Middle English mortalite Middle French Latin mortālitās. See mortal, -ity

Examples for mortality

And at the time he wrote that letter, Derek was also conscious of his own mortality.

How altered and defaced by the putrifying touch of mortality!

His beloved collie-shepherd Honey died of cancer this summer, which made Cumming think about his own mortality.

The mortality among the officers and men has been in proportion.

“With a mortality rate at about 60 percent, there is a great chance that they will live,” he continued.

With a mortality rate of 70 percent, the more cases that arise, the deadlier this epidemic becomes.

Pass on, with your burden of mortality, And lay it in the tomb with jolly hearts.

The mortality might have been higher than it was but for Peter Blood.

Among medical personnel, there were 416 confirmed cases and 233 deaths, a mortality rate of more than 56 percent.

Our provisions were very bad, and the mortality among us was great.