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

/ ˈdaɪɪŋ /

verb

1. the present participle of die 1

adjective

1. relating to or occurring at the moment of death

   a dying wish

Other Words From

• half-dying adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dying¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

see under die .

Example Sentences

"I was in bed watching TV, while my brother lay on the street dying and I wasn’t there to protect him," she said.

From BBC

Transgender people are at a higher risk of dying by suicide than the general population due to the discrimination they face in schools, health care settings, and beyond.

From Salon

Another way of looking at the impact coronavirus had on the number of people dying in the UK is by counting all deaths over and above the expected number since the pandemic began, sometimes referred to "excess deaths", external.

From BBC

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is facing pushback from senior Labour figures over his repeated strident interventions against a move to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

From BBC

It is a method tested “in the most austere, complex environments in which people are shooting at us and people are dying,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• death
• decease
• demise
• expiration
• loss of life
• passing