demise
Meaning of demise
noun
- The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
- Death.
- The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise.
- To give.
- To convey, as by will or lease.
- To transmit by inheritance.
- To pass by inheritance.
- To die.
Information about demise
- The plural form of demise is: demises.
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Hyphenation of demise
demise
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- demise is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
demise synonyms
Meaning death:
Translation of demise
- German: krepieren, sterben, verscheiden, hinscheiden, versterben, entschlafen, heimgehen, dahinscheiden, abkratzen, verrecken, draufgehen, abnippeln
- French: mourir, décéder, crever, clamser, trépasser, expirer, succomber, calancher, claboter, claquer, chute
- Spanish: morir, fallecer, expirar, fenecer, sucumbir, perecer, caída
- Italian: morire, spirare, soccombere, caduta
- Portuguese: morrer, queda
Anagrams of demise
Words that rhyme with demise
chamise, tamise, chemise, demipremise, moosemise, nondemise, premise, redemise, remise, repremise, polemise, commise, compromise, dispromise, eglomise, forepromise, outpromise, overpromise, prepromise, procompromise, promise, repromise, unpromise, entermise, intermise, presurmise, surmise, manumise, volumise
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