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Definition: Obit |
ObitNoun1. A notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "obit" was first used: 14th century. (references) |
Etymology: Obit \O"bit\, noun. [Old French expression obit, from Latin expression obitus, from obire to go against, to go to meet, (sc. mortem) to die; ob (see Ob-) ire to go. See Issue.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | A usu. short account of the significant aspects and accomplishments of a person's life published (as in a newspaper) upon the person's death. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ObitSynonyms: necrology (n), obituary (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Death | Noun: death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit, release, rest, quietus, fall; loss, bereavement; mortality, morbidity. |
Adverb: post obit, post mortem. | |
Interment | Adverb: in memoriam; post obit, post mortem; beneath the sod. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Obit |
| English words defined with "obit": Post obit. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "obit": Obitual, Obituary, Obiyuary. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | From Orbit to Obit (1967) The Obit Guy (1996) | |
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Books | |
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| "Obit" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "Obit" is used about 11 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) | 72.73% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "obit": ad post obit ♦ post obit. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "obit": Post-obit. | |
Containing "obit": Post-obit bond. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
obit | 95 |
gregory obit peck | 5 |
1975 jessie obit taylor | 4 |
gen obit | 3 |
brinkley david obit | 3 |
1967 brown cinti enquirer obit | 3 |
boston globe obit | 3 |
central obit | 3 |
brown estella obit | 3 |
archive obit | 2 |
celebrity obit | 2 |
national obit | 2 |
obit strom thurmond | 2 |
altmeyer memorial obit | 2 |
newsday obit | 2 |
brown h.,1967 obit | 2 |
indiana obit wilson | 2 |
chicago obit tribune | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "obit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përvjetor vdekjes, nekrologji (necrologue, necrology, obituary), datë e vdekjes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rubrique nécrologique (obituary column), article nécrologique (obituary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Todestag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מודעת אבל, תפלת אזכרה. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | necrologio (necrology, obituary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obitay сообщение о смерти, поминальная служба. (various references) การประกาศข่าวมรณกรรม (obituary). (various references) повідомлення про смерть, поминальна служба, поминальний обряд. (various references) ngày kỵ, ngày huý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | obitus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "obit": obits, obituaries, obituarist, obituarists, obituary. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "obit": kilobit, probit. (additional references) | |
Words containing "obit": cenobite, cenobites, cenobitic, coenobite, coenobites, kilobits, probities, probits, probity, trilobite, trilobites. (additional references) | |
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"Obit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bobbit, boit, Boito, dobit, Ebbitt, ebit, elbit, Gobaith, ibit, Kbit, oba, Obad, obaid, Obart, Obbia, Obect, obesh, obet, obev, obia, obic, obid, obie, obii, obiit, obin, obio, obiz, obli, obliet, obliv, Obod, obst, obt, obu, obvi, odit, ofit, ogi, ogit, ohit, oit, oji, ojit, Olbiil, Olbil, olit, ombi, onit, opit, oqit, orit, Oritt, oviatt, ovit, Ovitz, oxbot, ozite, tobit, ubet, ubi, ubti, ubut. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "obit" (pronounced ō"but or ōbi't) |
| 3 | -b u t | abbot, celibate, cohabit, exhibit, habit, halibut, inhabit, inhibit, jackrabbit, orbit, prohibit, sherbet. |
| 3 | -b i' t | Babbitt, cubit, debit, gambit, kilobit, megabit, rabbit, tidbit. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-o-t" | |
-1 letter: bio, bit, bot, obi. | |
-2 letters: bi, bo, it, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-o-t" | |
+1 letter: bigot, biont, biota, boite, obits, orbit. | |
+2 letters: bigots, bionts, biotas, biotic, biotin, bistro, boites, boleti, bonita, bonito, bootie, hobbit, intomb, oboist, obtain, orbits, outbid, probit, sobeit, subito, tobies. | |
+3 letters: abiotic, airboat, bailout, bastion, bevomit, bibelot, bigfoot, bigoted, bigotry, bigshot, biltong, biontic, bioptic, biotech, biotics, biotins, biotite, biotope, biotron, biotype, bistort, bistros, bittock, boating, bobtail, bolting, boniest, bonitas, bonitos, booties, booting, bornite, botanic, bothies, bothria, botulin, boxiest, bristol, burrito, cohabit, deorbit, ebonite, eobiont, hobbits, holibut, howbeit, iceboat, inkblot, intombs, isobath, kilobit, mistbow, niobate, obesity, oblasti, oboists, obtains, obviate, orbiest, orbital, orbited, orbiter, outbids, pigboat, potboil, probits, probity, reitbok, ribwort, robotic, strobic, strobil, symbiot, tabloid, taborin, tabouli, thrombi, tombing, vibrato. | |
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