dying

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the time when something ends
  2. verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  3. verb suffer or face the pain of death

Etymology

From die + -ing.

Synonyms

death, demise

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