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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

/ ˈ岹ɪɪŋ /

verb

  1. the present participle of die 1

“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

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 51Թ Forms

  • half-dying adjective
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51Թ 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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The parents of a five-year-old girl who was sent home from hospital with suspected tonsillitis hours before dying from meningitis have said they are still waiting for a direct apology from the hospital.

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"I saw people dying in front of my eyes - the air hostesses, and two people I saw near me," he said.

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MPs are debating further changes to the assisted dying bill including a ban on organisations advertising that they offer the service.

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During the roundtable, Lewis highlighted the fact that Black women are at a disproportionately high risk of dying from breast cancer, attributing that, in part, to a mistrust of the medical system.

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I thought Parker was decent in last year’s teen drama “Suncoast,” where she played a girl whose brother is dying of brain cancer.

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