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Grave Gravely Person Death Situation Accent Vowel Word

word grave
definition
noun
A grave is a place where a dead person is buried .
They used to visit her grave twice a year.
You can refer to someone's death as their grave or to death as the grave .
...drinking yourself to an early grave.
Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
adjective
A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying .
He said that the situation in his country is very grave.
I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.
They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government.
A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour .
William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave.
Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
'I think I've covered that business more than adequately,' he said gravely.
In some languages such as French, a grave accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced . For example, the word 'mè re ' has a grave accent over the first 'e'.
inflections gravesgravergravestgravelygravely
cefr-level C1

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