dead
US /dɛd/
adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
My phone battery is dead, so I cannot check the schedule.
Word Family
Synonyms
- deceasedsomeone who is no longer alive
- depleteduse up (resources or materials)
Collocations
- Easy dead batterydescribing dead battery (people who are no longer living)
- Medium dead silence in the roomdescribing dead silence in the room (people who are no longer living)
- Hard dead end to negotiationsdescribing dead end to negotiations (people who are no longer living)
- Very Hard dead in the water without fundingdescribing dead in the water without funding (people who are no longer living)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.