obit

noun \ ō-ˈbit , ˈō-bət , especially British ˈä-bit \

Definition of obit

:obituary

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Examples of obit in a Sentence

she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper

Recent Examples of obit from the Web

My friend and one of my mentors, ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach, has a great obit on Ara Parseghian.

— c. trent rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, "BAR: Venezuelan players dealing with more than baseball," 3 Aug. 2017
A former nurse just died this year, in 2016, and got national obits as THE ONE in the photo.

— Time, "Celebrating Legendary LIFE Photo Editor John G. Morris," 28 July 2017
Her obit made Varsity, not for her journalism work but for the GWTW work.

— katy mccoll, Southern Living, "Reader Letter: My Aunt Was the “Southern” Expert on the Set of Gone With the Wind," 11 July 2017
The organ donor saved and enriched four lives after his death, the obit said.

— christine dempsey, courant.com, "State Police Arrest Driver Suspected Of Speeding From Deadly Collision," 15 June 2017
The Palos Heights resident, who was 89, continued to come into the insurance office each day until well past his 87th birthday, according to the obit.

— mike nolan, Daily Southtown, "Pence visit to Palos Heights requires hefty local police involvement," 5 June 2017
Among the obit writers followed by Gould, who began her project in 2012, are such current and former Times reporters as Margalit Fox, Bruce Weber, Paul Vitello, William Grimes and Douglas Martin.

— jane horwitz, The Denver Post, "Fascinating “Obit” explores the arcane art of celebrating the newsworthy life," 24 May 2017
Among the obit writers followed by Gould, who began her project in 2012, are such current and former Times reporters as Margalit Fox, Bruce Weber, Paul Vitello, William Grimes and Douglas Martin.

— jane horwitz, The Denver Post, "Fascinating “Obit” explores the arcane art of celebrating the newsworthy life," 24 May 2017
Among the obit writers followed by Gould, who began her project in 2012, are such current and former Times reporters as Margalit Fox, Bruce Weber, Paul Vitello, William Grimes and Douglas Martin.

— jane horwitz, The Denver Post, "Fascinating “Obit” explores the arcane art of celebrating the newsworthy life," 24 May 2017

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Origin and Etymology of obit

Middle English death, service marking the anniversary of a death, from Anglo-French, from Latin obitus death, from obire to go to meet, die, from ob- in the way + ire to go — more at issue

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First Known Use: 15th century

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