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immortals1) ADJ Someone or something that is immortal is famous and likely to be remembered for a long time.
...the immortal Reverend Dr Spooner.
...Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte's immortal love story...
Maybe my work is not immortal, but it will live for a while.
Derived words:immortality [[t]ɪ̱mɔː(r)tæ̱lɪti[/t]] N-UNCOUNTSome people want to achieve immortality through their works.
N-COUNT: usu plAn immortal is someone who is immortal.He called Moore `one of the immortals of soccer'.
2) ADJ Someone or something that is immortal will live or last for ever and never die or be destroyed.The pharaohs, after all, were considered gods and therefore immortal.
Ant:Derived words:immortality N-UNCOUNTThe Greeks accepted belief in the immortality of the soul.
N-COUNT: usu plAn immortal is an immortal being....porcelain figurines of the Chinese immortals.
3) ADJ: ADJ n If you refer to someone's immortal words, you mean that what they said is well-known, and you are usually about to quote it.Everyone knows Teddy Roosevelt's immortal words, `Speak softly and carry a big stick.'...
I keep remembering Hannah Pakula's immortal line: `Hollywood is no place for a woman over forty with a library card.'
English dictionary. 2008.