Définition "mortal" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

mortal (mortals plural )

1  adj If you refer to the fact that people are mortal, you mean that they have to die and cannot live for ever., (Antonym: immortal) A man is deliberately designed to be mortal. He grows, he ages, and he dies.
♦ mortality  n-uncount
She has suddenly come face to face with her own mortality.

2 n-count You can describe someone as a mortal when you want to say that they are an ordinary person. (=human)
Tickets seem unobtainable to the ordinary mortal.

3  adj You can use mortal to show that something is very serious or may cause death.
The police were defending themselves and others against mortal danger...
♦ mortally  adv
He falls, mortally wounded.

4  adj You can use mortal to emphasize that a feeling is extremely great or severe., (emphasis) When self-esteem is high, we lose our mortal fear of jealousy.
♦ mortally  adv
Candida admits to having been `mortally embarrassed'.