{
    "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."
}