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• phone — phone1 W2S1 [fəun US foun] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: telephone] 1.) a telephone ▪ Louise got up to answer the phone . ▪ She s too busy to come to the phone right now. Can you call back later? ▪ What s your phone number ? ▪ The phone rang . It… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dead — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, Old High German tōt dead more at die Date: before 12th century 1. deprived of life ; no longer alive 2. a. (1) having the appearance… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dead — [ded] adjective 1. if the economy or an industry is dead, it is not growing or successful: • The plan is to lower interest rates in order to breathe life back into the dead economy. • The domestic gold industry is dead. 2. no longer important,… …   Financial and business terms

• phone — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ⇨ See also ↑telephone ADJECTIVE ▪ cell (usually cellphone) (esp. AmE), cellular (esp. AmE), mobile (BrE) ▪ pay (usually payphone) …   Collocations dictionary

• dead — dead1 W1S1 [ded] adj [no comparative] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not alive)¦ 2¦(not working)¦ 3¦(already used)¦ 4¦(boring)¦ 5¦(not active/used)¦ 6¦(arm/leg etc)¦ 7¦(no emotion)¦ 8¦(tired)¦ 9 be dead to the world …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dead — dead1 [ ded ] adjective *** ▸ 1 no longer alive ▸ 2 not working ▸ 3 not interesting ▸ 4 no longer relevant ▸ 5 very weak/tired/sick ▸ 6 having no feeling ▸ 7 showing little emotion ▸ 8 no longer spoken ▸ 9 complete ▸ 10 in ball games ▸ 11 when… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dead — [[t]de̱d[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living. You re a widow? Yes. My husband s been dead a year now. ... The group had shot dead another hostage. ...their dead brother. ...old newspapers and dead flowers.… …   English dictionary

• dead — I UK [ded] / US adjective Word forms dead : adjective dead comparative deader superlative deadest *** 1) a) no longer alive The police don t know whether she s alive or dead. He is grieving for his dead father. I raked up the dead leaves. a dead… …   English dictionary

• dead*/*/*/ — [ded] adj I 1) no longer alive The shootings left 14 people dead.[/ex] I raked up the dead leaves.[/ex] The police don t know whether she s alive or dead.[/ex] Rescue workers are still pulling dead bodies out of the rubble.[/ex] Several children… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Dead in a Heartbeat — Directed by Paul Antier Produced by Bob Chmiel Dan Paulson Shawn Williamson Written by Mark Rosman Richard Ades …   Wikipedia

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