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# obituary

noun (an obituary, obituaries)

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

## Everyday

1. A piece of writing in a newspaper or website, after someone has died, telling about their life and what they did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#m1)
2. (informal) A short notice that someone has died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life newspapers print obituaries of famous people and local people; families may write one. In English lessons, it is a non-fiction text type about a life. It tells the reader the person has died (polite, formal style). Phrases: write an obituary, read the obituaries, an obituary in the paper.

### Examples

- Grandma's obituary was printed in the local paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#x1)
- The obituary told about his life as a fisherman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#x2)
- She read the obituaries every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#x3)
- The famous singer's obituary was on the news website. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#x4)
- We wrote an obituary for our class goldfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#x5)
- An obituary usually lists the person's family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obituary/#x6)

### Note

Countable: obituaries (y to ies). Starts with a vowel sound, so «an obituary». Informal short form: obit. Related to the polite way of talking about death: «passed away».

## On Mova

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