dying C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ UK /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj approaching death or ceasing to exist; the process of death With his dying breath he whispered a final request. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · approaching death or... expiringfadingperishingmoribundfailingwaning ↔ Opposites livingthrivingrevivingflourishing Word family Forms dyingly Related forms diedeathdead Appears in Phrases (1) See all dying wish a final desire expressed by someone close to death Adjective + noun Proverbs (2) See all Get busy living or get busy dying Live like you're dying Etymology AI details Present participle of 'die', from Middle English 'dien', from Old Norse 'deyja' ('to die'), from Proto-Germanic '*dawjaną'. deyja Old Norse *dawjaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # dying **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ ## Meanings 1. approaching death or ceasing to exist; the process of death ## Examples - With his dying breath he whispered a final request. ## Synonyms - expiring - fading - perishing - moribund - failing - waning ## Antonyms - living - thriving - reviving - flourishing ## Related Forms - die - death - dead ## Roots and Affixes - Root: deyja - Root: *dawjaną ## Etymology Present participle of 'die', from Middle English 'dien', from Old Norse 'deyja' ('to die'), from Proto-Germanic '*dawjaną'. ## AI Etymology Dying has this etymological history: Present participle of 'die', from Middle English 'dien', from Old Norse 'deyja' ('to die'), from Proto-Germanic '*dawjaną'. The etymological trail includes Old Norse deyja and Proto-Germanic *dawjaną. As an adjective, dying describes what is approaching death or ceasing to exist; the process of death. The same family is visible in related forms such as die, death, and dead. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown