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Definitions: Fatality |
FatalityNoun1. A death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities". 2. The quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fatality" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
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Medicine | Injury causing death within a year of the accident. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: FatalitySynonym: human death (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Necessity | Destiny, destination; fatality, fate, kismet, doom, foredoom, election, predestination; preordination, foreordination; lot fortune; fatalism; inevitableness; Adjective: spell. |
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Crosswords: Fatality |
| English words defined with "fatality": Fatalities, fatality rate ♦ variola major, variola major virus, variola minor, variola minor virus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fatality": Banishment, Bedbugs ♦ Irony of Fate. (references) |
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Screenplays | Check out these babies. Goodbye stakes, hello flying fatality. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
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 | Reported demographics and case fatality rate of 156 hantavirus pulmonary syndrome patients, United States, January 27, 1997.Credit: CDC. |  | SEALAB III and support ship USS Elk River-- fatality ended operations early.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Traffic fatality rates per 100,000 population, registered vehicles, and licensed drivers, United States, 1977-98.Credit: NIAA. |  | Alcohol-related traffic fatality rates per 100,000 population, registered vehicles, and licensed drivers, United States, 1977-98.Credit: NIAA. |
 | Total and alcohol-related traffic fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT), United States, 1977-98.Credit: NIAA. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | These desperate inventors of expedients, in their struggles with fatality, move electrically in case of need. |
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Health | Fatality rates among those with DSS may be as high as 44%. DHF/DSS can occur in children and adults. (references) | |
An important corollary will be monitoring to assess disease incidence, prevalence, and case fatality rates. (references) | ||
Recent studies suggest that treatment can decrease the stroke incidence rate by 38 percent and decrease the stroke fatality rate by 40 percent. (references) | ||
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| "Fatality" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fatality" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 66 | 41,290 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fatality": case fatality ratio ♦ fatality rate. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "fatality": case-fatality. | |
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| Language | Translations for "fatality"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fatkeqësi (accident, adversity, bane, calamity, casualty, disaster, distress, doom, evil, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, misery, misfortune, plague, teen, tribulation, woe), fatalitet, ngjarje fatale, gjëmë (calamity, catastrophe, disaster), aksident me vdekje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاجعة (calamity, catastrophe, disaster), قضاء لقدر (fate), تكبة, ضحية فاجعة, شىء مقدر, شؤم (misfortune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съдба (chance, destiny, dispensation, doom, fate, fortune, hap, kismet, line, lot, luck, portion, star, weird), участ (doom, fate, lot, portion), смърт (curtains, death, decease, demise, departure, divide, doom, dust, dying, end, ending, exit, expiration, fate, grave, happy release, last, passing, quietus, tomb), случайна смърт, фаталност, катастрофа (accident, catastrophe, crash, disaster, prang, shunt, smash, smash up), нещастие (accident, adversity, affliction, buffet, desolation, distress, evil, hard luck, infelicity, misery, misfortune, sorrow, stroke, trouble, unhappiness), насилствена смърт, повеля на съдбата. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 致命 (Deadly, Deathly, fatal, Fatalities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | smrtelný úraz, osudovost, úmrtí (bereavement, demise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fatal skade (fatal accident, fatal injury), ulykke med dødelig udgang (fatal accident, fatal injury), skade med dødelig udgang (fatal accident, fatal injury), dødsulykke (fatal accident, fatal injury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dodelijk ongeval (fatal accident, fatal injury, road casualty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuolemaan johtanut tapaturma (accidental death, fatal accident, fatal injury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fatalité (fate, ill fate), accident mortel (fatal accident, fatal injury, fatally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verhängnis (destiny, disaster, doom, fate, fortune, ill fate, luck, undoing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μοιραίο (death, doom, fate), θανατηφόρο ατύχημα (damnum fatale, fatal accident, fatal injury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקר" מות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | balvégzet, haláleset (bereavement, casualty, death, demise, to salty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ferita mortale (fatal accident, fatal injury), fatalit (fate, misfortune), morte (death, demise, dying, end, exit, exitus, passing), incidente mortale (fatal accident, fatal injury), calamit (calamity, catastrophe, curse, disaster, misfortune, scourge, visitation, woe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 불운 (Fatalities, misfortune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | marrooaght (deadliness, deadness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ulykke (accident, disaster), skjebnebestemt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atalityfay fatalismo (necessitate), acidente mortal (fatal accident, fatal injury). (various references) fatalitate (destiny, fatalness, fate), soartã (chance, destiny, dole, doom, fate, fortune, future, hap, kismet, line, lot, luck, portion, Rede, weird), moarte (death, decease, disappearance, doom, dying, end, exit, fate, grave, parting, passage, passing, slaughter, the tomb), dezastru (calamity, casualty, disaster, scourge), destin (chance, destiny, dole, doom, fate, fortune, hap, line, lot, luck), calamitate (affliction, calamity, disaster, pain, reverse, scourge, woe). (various references) рок (doom, fate, kismet, weird), несчастье (adversity, affliction, disaster, distress, evil, infelicity, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, teen, tribulation, unhappiness, woe, woes). (various references) fatalnost, ljudska žrtva, kobnost. (various references) fatalidad (mischance). (various references) svår olycka, dödsolycka (fatal accident, road casualty). (various references) ความตายที่มาจากอุบัติเหตุหรือสงคราม. (various references) felâket (affliction, bane, blight, blow, calamity, calvary, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, distress, fate, harm, hell, hell of, helluva, misfortune, mishap, plague, scathe, scourge, tragedy, undoing), tâlihsizlik (contretemps, hard line, ill luck, inauspiciousness, infelicity, mischance, misfortune, mishap), mukadderat, kurban (fall guy, holocaust, martyr, oblation, offering, patsy, peace offering, prey, sacrifice, sacrificial, stiff, sufferer, victim), kaza (accident, borough, casualty, crack up, crash, district, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, smash, smash up, township, wreck), kader (destiny, dispensation, doom, fatal, fate, foreordination, fortune, karma, lot, Moira, predestination, Providence), kısmet (chance, destiny, fate, foreordination, fortune, inning, innings, kismet, lot, Moira, portion, predestination, shot), alınyazısı, ölümle sonuçlanan kaza. (various references) фатальність, нещастя (adversity, affliction, bale, calamity, catastrophe, ill luck, infelicity, misadventure, misfortune, tribulation, unhappiness, work), згубність (malignancy), приреченість (destiny), доля (allotment, chance, cup, destiny, doom, fate, fortune, karma, lot, nemesis, portion, predestination). (various references) vận mệnh (destiny, predestination), sự rủi ro (accident, inauspiciousness, misadventure, mischance, misfortune), số mệnh (doom, fate, kismet, portion, weird), điều không thể tránh được sự bất hạnh, định mệnh (fate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Fatality" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: feality, focality, Fotolito, fratility, natality. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fatality" (pronounced futa"lutē) |
| 7 | -u t a" l u t ē | hospitality. |
| 6 | -t a" l u t ē | brutality, centrality, immortality, instrumentality, mentality, mortality, sentimentality, totality, vitality. |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, causality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, finality, formality, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, illegality, immorality, impartiality, impersonality, individuality, informality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, modality, morality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, rationality, reality, sensuality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-l-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: fattily. | |
-3 letters: aliya, atilt, fatal, fatly, fatty, fitly, laity, lytta, tafia. | |
-4 letters: alfa, alif, alit, fail, fiat, fila, flat, flay, flit, lati, lift, tail, tala, tali, tilt. | |
-5 letters: aal, aft, ail, ait, ala, alt, att, fat, fay, fil, fit, fly, lat, lay, lit, tat, til, tit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-i-l-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: factuality. | |
+4 letters: facilitatory, fatigability. | |
+5 letters: affectability, artificiality, facultatively, fantastically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 74 61 6C 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- - .- .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a t a l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0074 0061 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4067866778758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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