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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024be•reaved /bɪˈrivd/USA pronunciation adj. - (of a person) saddened at having lost a loved one by death:the bereaved widow in black.
n. [countable* the + ~] - the bereaved, [plural* used with a plural verb] bereaved persons:paid his respects to the bereaved.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024be•reaved (bi rēvd′),USA pronunciation adj. - (of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one.
n. - a bereaved person or persons (usually prec. by the):to extend condolences to the bereaved.
- 1100–50; Middle English bireved, late Old English birēafod (past participle); see bereave, -ed2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bereaved /bɪˈriːvd/ adj - having been deprived of something or someone valued, esp through death
be•reave /bɪˈriv/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object + of], -reaved or -reft/-ˈrɛft/USA pronunciation -reav•ing. - to take away from and make sad, esp. by death: Illness bereaved them of their mother. She was bereaved of her husband (= Death bereaved her of her husband)
- to deprive cruelly:War bereft us of our home.
be•reav•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024be•reave (bi rēv′),USA pronunciation v.t., -reaved or -reft, -reav•ing. - to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of ):Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of ):The war bereaved them of their home.
- [Obs.]to take away by violence.
- bef. 900; Middle English bereven, Old English berēafian; cognate with Dutch berooven, German berauben, Gothic biraubōn. See be-, reave1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bereave /bɪˈriːv/ vb (transitive)- (usually followed by of) to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death
Etymology: Old English bereafian; see reave1 |