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dying

The correct spelling is dying.

How to pronounce dying

/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
verb

IPA: /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. 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.The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.
  2. 2.(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

adjective

  1. 1.Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
  2. 2.Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
  3. 3.Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

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