letter of condolence

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• (a) letter of condolence — a letter/message/book/of condolence phrase a letter that you write or a book that you write in to show that you are sorry that someone has died Thesaurus: letters and types of letterhyponym funerals and burialhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

• condolence — [[t]kəndo͟ʊləns[/t]] condolences 1) N UNCOUNT A message of condolence is a message in which you express your sympathy for someone because one of their friends or relatives has died recently. Neil sent him a letter of condolence. 2) N PLURAL When… …   English dictionary

• condolence — con|do|lence [kənˈdəuləns US ˈdou ] n [C usually plural, U] [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: condolere to express sympathy , from Latin com ( COM ) + dolere to feel pain ] sympathy for someone who has had something bad happen to them,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• condolence — noun (countable usually plural, uncountable) sympathy for someone who has had something bad happen to them, especially when someone has died: a letter of condolence | send/offer your condolences (=formally express your sympathy when someone has… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• condolence —   Ho olana kaumaha, ho omālielie i ke kaumaha.    ♦ Letter of condolence, palapala ho ālohaloha …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• letter — letter, epistle, missive, note, message, dispatch, report, memorandum are comparable when they mean a communication sent or transmitted as distinct from one conveyed directly from source to recipient (as by oral utterance). Letter is the ordinary …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• condolence — UK [kənˈdəʊləns] / US [kənˈdoʊləns] noun [plural] Word forms condolence : singular condolence plural condolences condolences the things that you say to show sympathy when someone has just died We offer our condolences to David and his family on… …   English dictionary

• Condolence Letter — (Trostbrief)    The secretive nature of the Nazi Euthanasia Program required that the relatives of the murdered patients be informed that their loved ones had died of natural causes. This took the form of a condolence letter that was sent by the… …   Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

• condolence — con|do|lence [ kən douləns ] noun plural condolences the things that you say to show sympathy when someone has just died: We offer our condolences to David and his family on their tragic loss. a letter/message/book of condolence a letter that you …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• (a) message of condolence — a letter/message/book/of condolence phrase a letter that you write or a book that you write in to show that you are sorry that someone has died Thesaurus: letters and types of letterhyponym funerals and burialhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

• (a) book of condolence — a letter/message/book/of condolence phrase a letter that you write or a book that you write in to show that you are sorry that someone has died Thesaurus: letters and types of letterhyponym funerals and burialhyponym …   Useful english dictionary