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{
"term": "die",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "die",
"heSheIt": "dies"
},
"pastSimple": "died",
"pastParticiple": "died",
"ingForm": "dying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to stop living",
"sensetop": "die of/from somethingdie with somethingdie for somethingdie a… deathdie + adj.die + noun",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "My father **died suddenly** at the age of 48."
},
{
"text": "At least six people have died in the accident."
},
{
"text": "That plant's going to die if you don't water it!"
},
{
"text": "He later died in hospital."
},
{
"text": "They died fighting for their country."
},
{
"text": "She died peacefully after a long illness."
},
{
"text": "to die with dignity"
},
{
"text": "to die of/from cancer *(= cancer is the cause of death)*",
"contextForm": "die of/from something"
},
{
"text": "A further 156 people have died with Covid-19 *(= they had the disease when they died)*.",
"contextForm": "die with something"
},
{
"text": "He was ready to die for his cause.",
"contextForm": "die for something"
},
{
"text": "I'll never forget it **to my dying day** *(= until I die)*."
},
{
"text": "**I nearly died** when I saw him there *(= it was very embarrassing)*."
},
{
"text": "to die a natural/slow/horrible/violent death",
"contextForm": "die a… death"
},
{
"text": "She died young.",
"contextForm": "die + adj."
},
{
"text": "At least they died happy."
},
{
"text": "He died a hero.",
"contextForm": "die + noun"
},
{
"text": "He died a poor man."
},
{
"text": "Her husband died suddenly last week."
},
{
"text": "That plant's died."
},
{
"text": "He died for his beliefs."
},
{
"text": "Her father died tragically in a car crash."
},
{
"text": "30 000 people died as a result of the earthquake."
},
{
"text": "A dog lay dying in the road."
},
{
"text": "I nearly died when they told me the price."
},
{
"text": "I thought I was going to die."
},
{
"text": "One of their children died in infancy."
},
{
"text": "She should be allowed to die peacefully."
},
{
"text": "The accident victim died from her injuries."
},
{
"text": "to die for your country"
},
{
"text": "Her father died of cancer."
},
{
"text": "I'm not afraid to die."
},
{
"text": "She died a natural death."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["peacefully", "suddenly", "unexpectedly"],
"verb + die": ["be going to", "be allowed to"],
"preposition": ["for", "from", "of"],
"phrases": ["die a natural, violent, etc. death"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stop existing; to disappear",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The old customs are dying."
},
{
"text": "His secret died with him *(= he never told anyone)*."
},
{
"text": "The words died on my lips *(= I stopped speaking)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to stop working",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My phone died and I had no way to contact you."
},
{
"text": "The engine spluttered and died."
},
{
"text": "My car just **died on me**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to want something or want to do something very much",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm dying for a glass of water."
},
{
"text": "I'm dying to know what happened."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or will do what you promise",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I saw him do it—cross my heart."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to fail completely",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The play got terrible reviews and quickly died a death."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to die because you are old or ill",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to find something extremely funny",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I nearly died laughing when she said that."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to die or become ill and fall down in very large numbers",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "People were dropping like flies in the intense heat."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a situation where you need to act in a very determined way or taking a great risk, because there is no alternative",
"examples": [
{
"text": "At this stage in the competition it's do or die."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "do not stop hoping",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that things change very slowly",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you think something is to die for, you really want it, and would do anything to get it",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was wearing a dress to die for."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪ/",
"audio": "di/die/die__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪz/",
"audio": "di/die/dies__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪd/",
"audio": "di/die/died__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "dy/die/dying__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪ/",
"audio": "di/die/die__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪz/",
"audio": "di/die/dies__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪd/",
"audio": "di/die/died__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "dy/die/dying__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Middle English: from Old Norse deyja, of Germanic origin; related to dead."
}