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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024be•reave•ment /bɪˈrivmənt/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the condition of being bereaved:wondered if bereavement would make him more bitter.
an instance or occasion of such a loss:[countable]Several recent deaths made them ponder their bereavements. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bereavement /bɪˈriːvmənt/ n - the condition of having been deprived of something or someone valued, esp through death
- a 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
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