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matter of life and death

matter of life and death noun: something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death.

Noun

matter of life and death (plural matters of life and death)

  1. Something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death
  2. (idiomatic) An extremely urgent matter.

matter of life and death meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

matter of life and death in Bengali

অত্যন্ত জরুরি বিষয়

matter of life and death in Malayalam

സുപ്രധാന കാര്യം

Forms of matter of life and death

pluralmatters of life and death
alternative formmatter of life or death

Questions about matter of life and death

What does matter of life and death mean?
Matter of life and death means something whose outcome could result in either someone's survival or their death.
What is matter of life and death in Bengali?
Matter of life and death in Bengali is অত্যন্ত জরুরি বিষয়. See Matter of life and death meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is matter of life and death?
Matter of life and death is a noun.
What is the plural of matter of life and death?
The plural of matter of life and death is matters of life and death.

Words near matter of life and death in the dictionary

  1. Matter of Britain
  2. matter of course
  3. matter of fact
  4. matter of factly
  5. matter of law
  6. matter of life and death
  7. matter of life or death
  8. matter of record
  9. matter of time
  10. matter painting
  11. matter paintings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matter of life and death (page history and authors); matter of life and death (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); matter of life and death (Malayalam 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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