die

A2 Topic:Entertainment & Leisure

Also spelled dyin

US /daɪ/ UK [däɪ̯] See IPA manual

Homophones

dye /daɪ/

Freq #350

Meanings

1

verb
To stop living.

His grandfather died last year at the age of ninety.
2

verb
To gradually stop, fade, or come to an end.

Their anger slowly died as they talked things through.
3

verb
To want something very much (used as 'be dying to' or 'be dying for').

I'm dying to try that new restaurant in town.
4

verb
(in a game) To lose a life or be removed from play.

My character died right before the end of the level.

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Synonyms

code croak darken decease decompose dematerialize departdisincarnateexit expireflatlineforfare

Opposites

breathe germinate live reincarnate sprout subsist survive

Word family

Forms dicedieddies

Derived forms counterdiedie-awaydie-castdie-castingdie-cutdie-diedie-harddie-indie-offdieharddielessdielike

Related forms buried bury dead death kill

Etymology

From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”).

dee Middle English de Old French datum Latin *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European

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# die

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /daɪ/
**IPA (UK):** [däɪ̯]
**Frequency rank:** 350

## Meanings
1. To stop living.
2. To gradually stop, fade, or come to an end.
3. To want something very much (used as 'be dying to' or 'be dying for').
4. (in a game) To lose a life or be removed from play.

## Examples
- His grandfather died last year at the age of ninety.
- Their anger slowly died as they talked things through.
- I'm dying to try that new restaurant in town.
- My character died right before the end of the level.

## Synonyms
- code
- croak
- darken
- decease
- decompose
- dematerialize
- depart
- disincarnate
- exit
- expire
- flatline
- forfare

## Antonyms
- breathe
- germinate
- live
- reincarnate
- sprout
- subsist
- survive

## Derived Forms
- counterdie
- die-away
- die-cast
- die-casting
- die-cut
- die-die
- die-hard
- die-in
- die-off
- diehard
- dieless
- dielike

## Related Forms
- buried
- bury
- dead
- death
- kill

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dee
- Root: de
- Root: datum
- Root: *deh₃-

## Etymology
From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”).

## AI Etymology
die comes from Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”). The historical chain includes Middle English dee, Old French de, Latin datum, Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-. Current senses include to stop living and to gradually stop, fade, or come to an end. English relatives and later formations include counterdie, die-away, die-cast, buried, bury.

## Topics
- Entertainment & Leisure

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