funeral
[noun]
Synonyms: burial, cremation, inhumation, interment, obsequies

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fu‧ne‧ral S3 /ˈfjuːnərəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: funeralis, from Latin funus 'funeral']

1. a religious ceremony for burying or CREMATING (=burning) someone who has died ⇒ burial, cremation:
The funeral will be held at St. Martin’s Church.
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the two boys.
the minister who conducted the funeral service
Nelson’s funeral procession down the Thames
Ramdas set fire to the funeral pyre.
funeral expenses/costs

2. it’s your funeral spoken used to warn someone that they, and no one else, must deal with the results of their actions

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funeral
noun
ADJ. church | family | simple | state | respectable His savings were just enough to pay for a respectable funeral.
mass a mass funeral of the victims of the fire
VERB + FUNERAL attend, come to, go to | arrange The dead man's son arranged the funeral.
conduct A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral.
have She had a simple funeral, as she had requested.
FUNERAL + VERB take place
FUNERAL + NOUN ceremony, mass, rites, service | oration, sermon | cortege, procession | gathering Everyone went back to the house after the service for the funeral gathering.
car | director | home, parlour | costs, expenses | arrangements | business, industry | pyre the flames of the funeral pyre
PREP. at a/the ~ He gave the address at her funeral.

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