dying

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ UK /ˈdaɪɪŋ/ See IPA manual

adj noun

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... expiring fading perishing moribund failing waning

Opposites

living thriving reviving flourishing

Word family

Forms dyingly

Related forms die death dead

Common collocations

dying wish Adjective + noun

Etymology

Present participle of 'die', from Middle English 'dien', from Old Norse 'deyja' ('to die'), from Proto-Germanic '*dawjaną'.

deyja Old Norse *dawjaną Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Cause, Change & Process

# dying

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**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
- Cause, Change & Process

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