Obits Meaning in English

word · lemma: obit

US

ˈoʊbɪts/, /oʊˈbɪts

OH-bits

UK

ˈɒbɪts

OB-its

التعريف

Short for 'obituaries', these are notices in a newspaper or online announcing that someone has died, often with a brief summary of their life.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal, mostly used in headlines, journalism, or casual conversations about newspapers. Always plural; 'obit' is the singular form. Usually refers to the section listing death notices, not the funeral itself.

• Spanish: esquelas - obituarios
• Portuguese (BR): obituários - notas de falecimento
• Portuguese (PT): obituários - necrológios
• Chinese (Simplified): 讣告
• Chinese (Traditional): 訃聞
• Hindi: मृत्यु-सूचनाएँ - शोक समाचार
• Arabic: إعلانات النعي
• Bengali: প্রয়াণ সংবাদ - মৃত্যু সংবাদ
• Russian: некрологи
• Japanese: 訃報欄（ふほうらん） - おくやみ欄
• Vietnamese: cáo phó
• Korean: 부고란 - 부고
• Turkish: ölüm ilanları
• Urdu: وفیات
• Indonesian: kolom obituari - berita duka

جمل نموذجية

The local paper has a section for obits.

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She reads the obits every morning.

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The obits listed three people today.

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Some people check the obits before anything else when they get the newspaper.

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I saw his name in the obits and was shocked.

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They sometimes run funny stories in the obits section.

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