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die

The correct spelling is die.

How to pronounce die

/daɪ/
verb

IPA: /daɪ/

Say it like: Dee

The correct spelling is die. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. For example: "He died a hero's death."

Usage Examples

He died a hero's death.

I'm dying for a packet of crisps.

The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  2. 2.To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
  3. 3.To yearn intensely.
  4. 4.To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
  5. 5.To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

noun

  1. 1.A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
  2. 2.That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
  3. 3.(plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
  4. 4.The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
  5. 5.A device for cutting into a specified shape.

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