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The correct spelling is dying.
How to pronounce dying
/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
Say it like: Eei-ng
The correct spelling is dying. 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.To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- 2.To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- 3.To yearn intensely.
- 4.To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- 5.To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
noun
- 1.The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.
- 2.(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
adjective
- 1.Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
- 2.Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
- 3.Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
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