Part of speech: adjective1 that cannot live for ever and must die:
We are all mortal.
OPPIMMORTAL
2 (literary) causing death or likely to cause death; very serious:
a mortal blow / wound * to be in mortal danger * (figurative) Her reputation suffered a mortal blow as a result of the scandal.
compareFATAL
3 [onlybeforenoun] (formal) lasting until death
SYNDEADLY:
mortal enemies * They were locked in mortal combat (= a fight that will only end with the death of one of them).
4 [onlybeforenoun] (formal) (of fear, terror, etc.) extreme:
We lived in mortal dread of him discovering our secret.
noun (often humorous) a human being, especially an ordinary person with little power or influence
SYNHUMANBEING:
old stories about gods and mortals * (humorous) Such things are not for mere mortals like ourselves. * (humorous) She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!
