Postmortem (Noun)
Meaning 1
An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
Discussion of an event after it has occurred.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The team held a postmortem to analyze what went wrong during the failed product launch.
- After the election, the campaign staff conducted a postmortem to identify areas for improvement.
- The company's postmortem of the failed merger revealed several key mistakes that led to its demise.
- The postmortem of the concert revealed that the sound system failure was caused by a faulty wire.
- The postmortem of the project showed that poor communication between team members was a major contributor to its delay.