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# mortality

noun (mortality — uncountable; mortalities — rare)

«mortality» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Mortality is the fact that every living thing will one day die. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#m1)
2. Mortality is also the number of deaths in a group or a place over a time, often called the mortality rate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, history and geography, «infant mortality» (babies dying young) fell a lot because of clean water and vaccines. In religion, ethics and stories, mortality means thinking about life being short. Common phrases: «infant mortality», «mortality rate», «human mortality», «face your own mortality».

### Examples

- Infant mortality was very high in Victorian times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#x1)
- Vaccines lowered the mortality rate from measles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#x2)
- Seeing the old tree fall made Grandpa think about his own mortality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#x3)
- Mortality among the young birds was high in the cold spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#x4)
- Doctors study mortality to find which illnesses are most dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#x5)
- Christians believe that Jesus' resurrection gives hope beyond mortality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/#x6)

### Note

Mostly uncountable. The opposite is «immortality» (living for ever). Adjective: «mortal». In maths, a mortality rate is usually given as a number per 1000 people or as a percentage.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mortality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortality/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mortality» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mortality.html) on Mova free.