obit
pronunciation
How to pronounce obit in British English:
UK ['ɒbɪt]
How to pronounce obit in American English:
US ['ɒbɪt]
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- Noun:
- a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
Word Origin
- obit (n.)
- late 14c., "death," from Middle French obit or directly from Latin obitus "death," noun use of past participle of obire "to die," literally "to go toward" (see obituary). In modern usage (since 1874) it is usually a clipped form of obituary, though it had the same meaning of "published death notice" 15c.-17c. The scholarly abbreviation ob. with date is from Latin obiit "(he) died," third person singular of obire.
Example
- 1. But when a national gay-rights group tried to place an obit on his behalf its money was rejected .
- 2. The sun is roughly tracked by the obit tracking movement , and then it is accurately tracked by the photoelectric detection tracking .
- 3. Ned phelps , director of the columbia centre on capitalism and society and also a nobel laureate , said it was " too soon to write an obit of the g20 " .
- 4. The obit also thanked all department , teachers and students who cared this issue .
- 5. But when a national gay-rights group tried to place an obit on his behalf , its money was rejected .