death rate
death rate noun: the number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).
Noun
death rate (plural death rates)
- The number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).
- Antonyms:
- birth rate
death rate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
death rate in Hindi
- the number of deaths
- मृत्युदर mŕtyudar
death rate in Tamil
- இறப்பு வீதம், இறப்பு விகிதம்
death rate in Bengali
- মৃত্যুহার
death rate in Kannada
- ಮರಣ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ
More languagesFewer languages
- death rate in Vietnamese
- tử suất
Synonyms of death rate
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Forms of death rate
| plural | death rates |
|---|---|
| alternative form | deathrate |
Questions about death rate
- What does death rate mean?
- Death rate means the number of deaths per given unit of population over a given period of time (usually per 1000 persons per year when not otherwise specified).
- What is death rate in Hindi?
- Death rate in Hindi is मृत्युदर (mŕtyudar). See Death rate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is death rate?
- Death rate is a noun.
- What is the plural of death rate?
- The plural of death rate is death rates.
Words near death rate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: death rate (page history and authors); death rate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Death rate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); death rate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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