immortality
/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/US/ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/
immortality noun: never dying.
Noun
immortality (countable and uncountable, plural immortalities)
- Never dying
- In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.
- In the little, as in the great things of life, are to be found the type and sign of our immortality. Every hope that looks forward is pledge of the hereafter to which it refers. Who rests content with the present? None. We have all deep within us a craving for the future.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 201
- Synonyms:
- undeadliness
- Being remembered forever
- You have to salute Gerrard's bravery in accepting the challenge of trying to turn Rangers around given that he has zero experience in senior management. Immortality beckons if he does it.2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport
immortality meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
immortality in Hindi
- condition of not being susceptible to death
- चिरस्थायित्व cirasthāyitva
immortality in Tamil
- அழிவின்மை, நிரந்தரம், சாகாமை, இறவாமை, இறவாவரம், இறவாநிலை
immortality in Marathi
- अमरत्व, अमरता
immortality in Urdu
- لافانیت
More languagesFewer languages
- immortality in Bengali
- অবিনশ্বরতা ôbinôśśôrôta
- immortality in Telugu
- అమరత్వం, అమరత్వము
- immortality in Malayalam
- അമരത്വം, അറിവില്ലായ്മ, അനശ്വരത, ചിരപ്രതിഷ്ഠ
- immortality in Kannada
- ಅಮರತ್ವ, ಅಮರತೆ, ಅಮರತ್ವವು
- immortality in Punjabi
- ਅਮਰਤਾ
- immortality in Gujarati
- અમરત્વ, અમરતા
- immortality in Odia
- ଅମରତ୍ୱ, ଅମରତା, ଅମରତ୍ବ
- immortality in Sanskrit
- अमृत amṛ́ta
- immortality in Nepali
- अमरता, अमरत्व
- immortality in Tagalog
- kawalang-kamatayan
- immortality in Arabic
- خُلُود ḵulūd
- immortality in Persian
- نامیرایی nāmīrāyī
- immortality in Thai
- อมตภาพ à-má-dtà-pâap
Examples of immortality in a sentence
- Physical immortality on the polluted planet, where poverty still exists, is meaningless.
- When Giamatti goes over the top, he transcends Everyman shmuckiness and attains acting immortality.
- Helder was also a visionary given to muddled, passionate harangues on immortality, astral projection and other esoterica.
Synonyms of immortality
Antonyms
Forms of immortality
| plural | immortalities |
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Origin of immortality
From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.
Words formed from immortality
Phrases with immortality
Questions about immortality
- What does immortality mean?
- Immortality means never dying.
- What is immortality in Hindi?
- Immortality in Hindi is चिरस्थायित्व (cirasthāyitva). See Immortality meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is immortality?
- Immortality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce immortality?
- Immortality is pronounced /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of immortality?
- The plural of immortality is immortalities.
Words near immortality in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: immortality (page history and authors); immortality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immortality (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immortality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অবিনশ্বরতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); immortality (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immortality (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immortality (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immortality (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immortality (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); immortality (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अमृत (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); immortality (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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