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dying

[ dahy-ing ]

adjective

  1. ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring:

    a dying man.

  2. of, relating to, or associated with death:

    his dying hour.

  3. given, uttered, or manifested just before death:

    her dying words.

  4. drawing to a close; ending:

    the dying year.



noun

  1. the act or process of ceasing to live, ending, or drawing to a close.

dying

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verb

  1. the present participle of die 1
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adjective

  1. relating to or occurring at the moment of death

    a dying wish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dying1

1250–1300; Middle English. See die 1, -ing 2, -ing 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see under die .
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Example Sentences

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The wide gap in quality between the two projects speaks clearly to the dissonance between incisive, intelligent creators and those who want little more than to capitalize on an already dying trend.

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She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance and burlesque artist has been approved for assisted dying under Canada's increasingly liberal laws.

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Under California law, he is what is known as the attending physician who must confirm, in addition to a second doctor, that Wayne is eligible for aid in dying.

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He was part of a dying breed in Hollywood, one of the last actors who wasn’t afraid of authenticity, onscreen and off.

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And the truth is, theater is not dying, but it is slowing down; every performance is someone’s first play and an opportunity to either make them a theater lover or to push them away forever.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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