Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An obituary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sinking of a star or planet below the horizon; setting.
- noun Death; decease; the fact or time of death.
- noun A religious service for a person deceased, preceding the interment; the office for the dead.
- noun The anniversary of a person's death, or a service or observance on the anniversary of his death (also called an annal, annual, or year's mind); more particularly, a memorial service on the anniversary of the death of the founder or benefactor of a church, college, or other institution. In old writers also spelled obite, obyte.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Death; decease; the date of one's death.
- noun A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
- noun A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.
- noun Same as
obituary ; -- by shortenting. - noun See
Post-obit .
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- noun informal an
obituary
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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ACTUAL RECORDS no medals, no pilot, no SEAL yet his obit is what will stand through time
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The obit is part of a series of segments with prominent individuals called "Last Word."
Andy Plesser: Dead Men Talking: Online Video Obits Getting Traction at The New York Times Andy Plesser 2010
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The obit is part of a series of segments with prominent individuals called "Last Word."
Andy Plesser: Dead Men Talking: Online Video Obits Getting Traction at The New York Times Andy Plesser 2010
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Kollock, Peter (November 1, 1959 – January 10, 2009) Daily Bruin obit; UCLA Today obit; Connected Action tribute (blog)
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It's only fitting to link to the Washington Post obituary, co-credited to Woodward himself, although the New York Times obit is actually more enlightening.
December 2008 2008
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Their political obit is practically writing itself.
Think Progress » Cheney: Warrentless Wiretapping ‘Might Have Led Us To Prevent 9/11′ 2005
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Editor’s Note: A well written obit is the equivalent of a fine essay or short story.
garrison keillor | when your brother dies « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Maybe when Reynolds goes, his obit will be the only Instapundit post to allow comments...
The man who wrote "100 Things to Do Before You Die" died -- at age 47 -- in a fall at his house in L.A. Ann Althouse 2008
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April 14th, 2005 at 1:07 pm one thing that took me a bit offguard from the obit were the mentioning of her friendship with brittish author Michael Moorcock.
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Unfortunately, the 1,236-word obit never once uses the "t" word that would best sum up Habash's life -- "terrorist."
CAMERA Snapshots 2009
takchess commented on the word obit
an example of a beautifully written obituary...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/science/emmett-l-bennett-jr-dies-at-93-helped-decipher-linear-b.html?_r=1&ref=margalitfox
February 21, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word obit
That last paragraph was pretty great.
February 21, 2012