die – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of die

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to die back
Participle: died back
Gerund: dying back

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of die

Indicative

Present

Idie back
youdie back
he;she;itdies back
wedie back
youdie back
theydie back

Perfect

Ihave died back
youhave died back
he;she;ithas died back
wehave died back
youhave died back
theyhave died back

Past

Idied back
youdied back
he;she;itdied back
wedied back
youdied back
theydied back

Pluperfect

Ihad died back
youhad died back
he;she;ithad died back
wehad died back
youhad died back
theyhad died back

Future

Iwill die back
youwill die back
he;she;itwill die back
wewill die back
youwill die back
theywill die back

Future Perfect

Iwill have died back
youwill have died back
he;she;itwill have died back
wewill have died back
youwill have died back
theywill have died back

Subjunctive

Present

Idie back
youdie back
he;she;itdie back
wedie back
youdie back
theydie back

Perfect

Ihave died back
youhave died back
he;she;ithave died back
wehave died back
youhave died back
theyhave died back

Imperfect

Idied back
youdied back
he;she;itdied back
wedied back
youdied back
theydied back

Pluperfect

Ihad died back
youhad died back
he;she;ithad died back
wehad died back
youhad died back
theyhad died back

Conditional

Present

Iwould die back
youwould die back
he;she;itwould die back
wewould die back
youwould die back
theywould die back

Perfect

Iwould have died back
youwould have died back
he;she;itwould have died back
wewould have died back
youwould have died back
theywould have died back

Imperative

youdie back
weLet's die back
youdie back

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dying back
youare dying back
he;she;itis dying back
weare dying back
youare dying back
theyare dying back

Perfect

Ihave been dying back
youhave been dying back
he;she;ithas been dying back
wehave been dying back
youhave been dying back
theyhave been dying back

Past

Iwas dying back
youwere dying back
he;she;itwas dying back
wewere dying back
youwere dying back
theywere dying back

Pluperfect

Ihad been dying back
youhad been dying back
he;she;ithad been dying back
wehad been dying back
youhad been dying back
theyhad been dying back

Future

Iwill be dying back
youwill be dying back
he;she;itwill be dying back
wewill be dying back
youwill be dying back
theywill be dying back

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dying back
youwill have been dying back
he;she;itwill have been dying back
wewill have been dying back
youwill have been dying back
theywill have been dying back

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dying back
youwould be dying back
he;she;itwould be dying back
wewould be dying back
youwould be dying back
theywould be dying back

Perfect

Iwould have been dying back
youwould have been dying back
he;she;itwould have been dying back
wewould have been dying back
youwould have been dying back
theywould have been dying back

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'die'

assoilyie, belie, bisie, destrie, destruie, die, drie, envie, forelie, forlie, gie, herie, hie, misgie, noie, outlie, outvie, pie, prie, revie, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'die'

dib, dice, diet, dig, dike, dim, dime, din, dine, dip,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to stop living
bite the big one, hop off the twig, join the choir invisible, kick the bucket, push up the daisies, shuffle off this mortal coil, stiff
to die
expire
die
succumb
to die of suffocation
stifle
to stop living; to become dead
auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be no more, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, buy it, buy the farm, cark it, cash in, cash in one's chips, check out, conk out, croak, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, decease, depart, disincarnate, draw one's last breath, exit, expire, flatline, forfare, give one's all, give up the ghost, go for a burton, go gentle into that good night, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go to glory, go to one's reward, hand in one's dinner pail, hop the twig, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick the bucket, knock off, lose one's life, lose the number of one's mess, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, pass, pass away, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, shuffle off this mortal coil, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, snuff it, succumb, take a dirt nap, turn up one's toes, yield up the ghost
pass away
transpass
expire
decease, go, depart, conk
disappear
part, cease, stop, pass, recede, end, vanish
wither
dissolve, decay, wane, decline, lapse, fade, fail, faint

Antonyms

to stop living; to become dead
be born, breathe, live, rise from the dead, subsist
To give birth; commonly as past participle "born".
bear
To bear or give birth to.
birth
Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
germinate
To generate; especially non-mammalian beings.
spawn
To grow from seed.
sprout
To give birth.
whelp
To give life to something.
vitalise
To give life to.
vivificate
To bring to life.
vivify
To cause (a dead person) to live again.
raise
To restore to animation or life.
reanimate
To reactivate or reanimate.
reawaken
To reanimate or give new life to.
requicken
To bring life back to life.
resurrect
To return to life.
revive
To bring back to life.
revivify

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1135, possibly from O.Dan. døja or O.N. deyja "to die, pass away," both from P.Gmc. *dawjanan, from PIE base *dheu- "to pass away, become senseless." It has been speculated that O.E. had *diegan, from the same source, but it is not in any of the surviving texts and the preferred words were steorfan (see starve), sweltan (see swelter), wesan dead, also forðgan and other euphemisms. Languages usually don't borrow words from abroad for central life experiences, but "die" words are an exception, since they are often hidden or changed euphemistically out of superstitious dread. A Du. euphemism translates as "to give the pipe to Maarten." Regularly spelled dege through 15c., and still pronounced "dee" by some in Lancashire and Scotland. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from 1581. Die-hard is 1844 as a noun, specifically of the 57th Regiment of Foot in the British Army; 1877 as an adj.
2. From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve. See: Middle English 'deyen', Proto-Germanic '*dawjaną'.

Verbs referencing "die"

Tok Pisin dai, Scots dee, Swedish dö, Danish dø, Norwegian dø, Albanian vdes, Norwegian, nynorsk døy, Polish dławić.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my blood run cold to think of ’ t; and when they carried off the child, and locked her up, she jest went ravin ’ mad, and died in a week. Clear waste, sir, of a thousand dollars, just for want of management,—there's where ’ t is. It's always best to do the humane thing, sir; that's been _my_ experience. ” And the trader [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] plain that the old lady or gentleman has not long to live; and the plainer this becomes, the more clearly the old lady or gentleman perceives that everybody is in a conspiracy against their poor old dying relative; wherefore the old lady or gentleman makes another last will—positively the last this time—conceals the same in a china teapot, and expires next day. Then it turns out, that the whole of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ I won't be taken, Eliza; I'll _die_ first ! I'll be free, or I'll die ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] not called a small steamboat without reason. I omitted to ask the question, but I should think it must have been of about half a pony power. Mr. Paap, the celebrated Dwarf, might have lived and died happily in the cabin, which was fitted with common sash-windows like an ordinary dwelling-house. These windows had bright-red curtains, too, hung on slack strings across the lower panes; so that it [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] in the morning. That is the earliest hour at which the first prisoner can be released; and if an officer appear against him, he is not taken out till nine o’clock or ten.—But if any one among them die in the interval, as one man did, not long ago ? Then he is half-eaten by the rats in an hour 's time; as that man was; and there an end. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ I know it was—I know it ! ” said she, wildly; “ but I did it ! I wouldn't have thought I could,—I didn't think I should get over, but I didn't care ! I could but die, if I did n't. The Lord helped me; nobody knows how much the Lord can help ’ em, till they try, ” said the woman, with a flashing eye. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] Mr. Wilson, hear what I can tell you. I had a father—one of your Kentucky gentlemen—who didn't think enough of me to keep me from being sold with his dogs and horses, to satisfy the estate, when he died. I saw my mother put up at sheriff's sale, with her seven children. They were sold before her eyes, one by one, all to different masters; and I was the youngest. She came and kneeled down before old [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ You'll die if I do, that's the kink of it, ” said Haley,—“no ! ” And he turned on his heel. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] crevices in the floor, the rapid river gleamed, far down below, like a legion of eyes. We had no lamps; and as the horses stumbled and floundered through this place, towards the distant speck of dying light, it seemed interminable. I really could not at first persuade myself as we rumbled heavily on, filling the bridge with hollow noises, and I held down my head to save it from the rafters [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • He would very much like, he said, to see England before he died; and spoke with much interest about the great things to be seen there. When I told him of that chamber in the British Museum wherein are preserved household memorials of a race that ceased to be, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • There was nothing in this world that I wanted that she didn't do for me till she died. (The Lost Days)
  • I was married, yeah. She died a year ago. (A Line of Fire)
  • I shall be ashamed to look her in the face. One child died because of India. We have our family now. (Clive of India)
  • [demonic laughter] [ Moses ] If I die, she dies. [irregular breathing] (Who)
  • ♪ In the dying ♪ ♪ Give in and get out ♪ ♪ We rise in the dying ♪ (The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist)