how to pronounce deceased

/dɪˈsiːst/

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deceased is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of deceased in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… compassion for the deceased the Roman …”

meanings of deceased

adjective:

Belonging to the dead.
One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased" refers to the victim of a homicide.
No longer alive, dead.

noun:

One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased" refers to the victim of a homicide.
A dead person.

deceased frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word deceased occurs in english on average 7.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.