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Dead March

Definition: Dead March

Dead March

Noun

1. A slow march to be played for funeral processions.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Dead March

Synonym: funeral march (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Dead March

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Interment

Funeral, funeral rite, funeral solemnity; kneel, passing bell, tolling; dirge. (lamentation); cypress; orbit, dead march, muffled drum; mortuary, undertaker, mute; elegy; funeral, funeral oration, funeral sermon; epitaph.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Dead March

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Dead March (1937)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dead March

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dead march

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dead March

Language Translations for "dead march"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

marsh i përmortshëm. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

погребален марш (death march). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πένθιμο εμβατήριο. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyászinduló. (various references)

   

Manx

  

bardoon (coronach, doleful song, elegy, funeral dirge). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadday archmay

   

Portuguese

  

marcha fúnebre (funeral march). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

marş funebru. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

похоронный марш (death march). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

posmrtni marš (death march). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

marcha fúnebre (death march, funeral march). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sorgmarsch. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

cenaze marşı (funeral march). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Dead March

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-d-e-h-m-r"

-1 letter: drachmae.

-2 letters: arcaded, chamade, charade, charmed, cheddar, drachma, marched.

-3 letters: arcade, arched, camera, carded, chadar, chared, dharma, drachm, echard, harmed, madder.

-4 letters: aahed, ached, acred, adder, ahead, arced, areca, armed, cadre, cared, cedar, chard, chare, charm, cream, dacha, damar, dared, derma, drama, dread, dream, haded, hared, harem, heard, herma, maced, macer, mache, madre, march.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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