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- [dahy]
- /daɪ/
- /daɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dahy]
- /daɪ/
Definitions of die word
- verb die When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living. 3
- verb die If a person, animal, or plant is dying, they are so ill or so badly injured that they will not live very much longer. 3
- verb die If someone dies a violent, unnatural, or painful death, they die in a violent, unnatural, or painful way. 3
- verb die If a machine or device dies, it stops completely, especially after a period of working more and more slowly or inefficiently. 3
- verb die If a fire or light dies, it stops burning or shining. 3
- verb die If an emotion or facial expression dies, it disappears completely, usually after a period of gradually becoming weaker and less noticeable. 3
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Origin of die
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English dien, deien < Old Norse deyja. Cf. dead, death
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Parts of speech for Die
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
die popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
die usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for die
verb die
- drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- succumb — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- decease — death
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
noun die
- womb — the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- mold — loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- cube — A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
Antonyms for die
verb die
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
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