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adjective
- 1. on the point of death: "he visited his dying mother" Similar
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DYING definition: 1. very ill and likely to die soon: 2. A dying tradition or industry is becoming much less common…. Learn more.
Dying definition: ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring. See examples of DYING used in a sentence.
The meaning of DYING is approaching death : gradually ceasing to be. How to use dying in a sentence.
A dying person or animal is very ill and likely to die soon. ...a dying man. Synonyms: near death, going, failing, fading More Synonyms of dying. The dying are people who are dying. The dead and the dying were everywhere. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Dying is the final stage of life which will eventually lead to death. Diagnosing dying is a complex process of clinical decision-making, and most practice checklists facilitating this diagnosis are based on cancer diagnoses. [1]
Dying is a process that will happen to us all: living things eventually die. But non-living things can be dying, too: a battery that doesn't have much juice left is dying, and so is a TV show that's bombing in the ratings. A craft that's losing popularity can be called a dying art.
A dying person or animal is very ill and likely to die soon. [...] 2. The dying are people who are dying. [...] 3. You use dying to describe something which happens at the time when someone dies, or is connected with that time. [...] More. Synonyms of 'dying' • near death, going, failing [...] • final, last, parting [...]
the last moment of a person’s life. See dying in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: dying. Definition of dying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Of a person or animal: That is in the act of breathing his or her or its last; dying; often applied metonymically (like ‘dying’) to the breath… mortifying 1649 Preceding death.
The approach to end-of-life care varies widely throughout the world and is influenced by medical, cultural, social, and legal considerations. Talking about the likely outcomes of illness, including death and dying, is an important part of health care.
