(n.) The death of one person or thing before another.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three predeceased him: one as an infant in 1948, another in a car crash in 1969 and a third from an Aids-related illness in 2005.
(2) Second, many elderly pet owners have made no arrangements for the pet if they predecease it or become unable to care for it.
(3) His loyal wife, Janet died in 1995, and his son also predeceased him; he leaves a stepson and stepdaughter.
(4) His daughter Maureen, also from his first marriage, predeceased him.
(5) I'm expecting to predecease my beloved husband, because I'll have worn myself out."
(6) Her two sons predeceased her, and she is survived by Jean and two granddaughters.
(7) Predeceased by two sons, he is survived by his wife, and three daughters.
(8) Kee had three marriages, of which the first two ended in divorce: to Janetta Woolley, by whom he had a daughter; to Cynthia Judah, by whom he had a daughter and two sons, of whom one predeceased him; and to Kate Trevelyan.
(9) In 5 cases, only 1 twin was sampled; in 2 because the second twin was female in the diagnosis of an X-linked disorder; in 1 because of technical failure, and in 2 the other twin had predeceased.
(10) The rich subdued glow of the picture, the light filling his wonderful old face, the subtle magnificence of his clothes, the dignity of his pose, with his hands clasped and his head turned patiently towards us as if bearing immense pain with tragic endurance: this painting would communicate agony and acceptance even if we knew nothing about Rembrandt's life, the spectacular success followed by bankruptcy and, by this time, the deaths of almost everyone he loved; his son Titus predeceased him in this same year.
(11) The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Saturday 12 December 2009 Two wives, rather than one, predeceased Eric Boswell.
(12) Husain's wife, Fazila, whom he married in 1941, predeceased him, as did one of their children.
(13) • Two wives, rather than one, predeceased Eric Boswell ( Obituaries , 7 December, page 34).
(14) Dallas also had its clones, like Dynasty and Falcon Crest, but they all predeceased it.
Survive
Definition:
(v. t.) To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.
(v. i.) To remain alive; to continue to live.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such a decrease significantly biased survival (p = 0.001).
(2) This study was undertaken to determine whether the survival of Hispanic patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was different from that of Anglo-American patients.
(3) In this article we report the survival and morbidity rates for all live-born infants weighing 501 to 1000 gram at birth and born to residents of a defined geographic region from 1977 to 1980 (n = 255) compared with 1981 to 1984 (n = 266).
(4) In contrast to previous reports, these tumours were more malignant than osteosarcomas and showed a five-year survival rate of only 4-2 per cent.
(5) The data from this experience as well as others previously reported can yield prognostic indicators of survival in cases of accidental hypothermia.
(6) Tests showed the cells survive and function normally in animals and reverse movement problems caused by Parkinson's in monkeys.
(7) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(8) Systemic corticosteroids (i.e., prednisone, prednisolone or methylprednisolone) have improved the survival rate of patients with moderate and severe ulcerative colitis.
(9) The actuarial 5-year disease-free survival rates were 83% (group 1), 83% (group 2), and 100% (group 3).
(10) However, survival was closely related to the severity of the illness at the time of randomization and was not altered by shunting.
(11) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(12) Survival was independent of the type of clinical presentation and protocol employed but was correlated with the stage (P less than 0.0005), symptoms (P less than 0.025), bulky disease (P less than 0.025) and bone marrow involvement (P less than 0.025).
(13) Since interferon alfa-2b (Intron A) is useful as a single agent, it is important to determine if interferon can be combined with standard chemotherapy to improve both response and survival in patients with cancer.
(14) Many thoracic motoneurons were able to survive up to posthatching stages following transplantation.
(15) No differences in cardiac output were noted in surviving animals.
(16) However, about one-third of the melanomas showed a higher surviving fraction at 2.0 Gy than the highest value measured for the other tumors.
(17) The results show that in TMO-treated animals the time to the onset of convulsions, the time to the onset of NADH oxidation-reduction cycles, and the survival time were significantly longer than in the control group.
(18) Development at two to 15 months of age in the 19 surviving infants was normal in nine, suspect in eight, and severely delayed in two patients.
(19) Breast conserving surgery in patients with small tumors combined with radiation therapy has gained wide popularity due to better cosmetic results without significant changes in survival.
(20) Six of 7 SAO shock rats treated with U74006F survived for 120 min following reperfusion, while none of 7 SAO shock rats given the vehicle survived for 120 min (P less than .01).