die off en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)
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To become defunct or nonexistent.
The student guitar club died off after a few years.
- Of music, noise, etc., to reduce in volume until no longer audible.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dying off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| died off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| died off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| dies off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (8)
la emorior (to become extinct) · ru до́хнуть (to become extinct) · sv dö ut (to become extinct) · eo formorti (to become extinct) · ru вымира́ть (to become extinct) · ru передо́хнуть (to become extinct) · ru вы́мереть (to become extinct) · la dēmorior (to become extinct)