Download the app
educalingo
Search
The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.
Edward Hoagland

Meaning of "be dying" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF BE DYING

be dying play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

WHAT DOES BE DYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of be dying in the English dictionary

The definition of be dying in the dictionary is foll by for or an infinitive to be eager or desperate.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BE DYING

be as good as to
be at the bottom of
be banging your head against a brick wall
be born with a silver spoon in one´s mouth
be borne in on
be called to the Bar
be called within the Bar
be cast
be dirty on
be done with
be excused
be for the high jump
be friends
be gagging for
be going
be great on
be in a person´s shoes
be in the market for
be laughing
be left holding the baby

WORDS THAT END LIKE BE DYING

annoying
assisted dying
busybodying
buying
caddying
copying
crying
dying
flying
lying
outlying
paying
playing
saying
self-parodying
toadying
trying
underlying
undying
varying

Synonyms and antonyms of be dying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «be dying» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF BE DYING

Find out the translation of be dying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of be dying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «be dying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

是垂死
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estar muriendo
570 millions of speakers

English

be dying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मर जाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يكون الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

умирать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estar morrendo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃতু্য হও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mourir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sein sterben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死ぬこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽어가는 수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bakal mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

được chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறக்க வேண்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मरत आहात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

essere morente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umierać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вмирати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fi pe moarte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να πεθαίνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

word om te sterf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

att dö
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

være døende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of be dying

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BE DYING»

The term «be dying» is regularly used and occupies the 97.777 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
54
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «be dying» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of be dying
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «be dying».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BE DYING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «be dying» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «be dying» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about be dying

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «BE DYING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word be dying.
1
Edward Hoagland
The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.
2
Patricia Richardson
I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody's got to stop being afraid of it real soon. Who's going to do it if a woman's network doesn't? People are going to be dying.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BE DYING»

Discover the use of be dying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to be dying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
No Place for Dying: Hospitals and the Ideology of Rescue
But to be dying is to bring death close on to life's business, risking its contamination. In the hospital where it is accepted that death will intrude sporadically despite its banishment, dying is a traitorous activity. Even when it is thoroughly vetted ...
Helen Stanton Chapple, 2010
2
Care of the Dying: A Pathway to Excellence
Uncertainty is an integral part of the dying process and there are occasions when a patient who was thought to be dying lives longer than expected, and vice versa. For these reasons, clinicians may be reluctant to make a diagnosis that the ...
John Ellershaw, Susie Wilkinson, 2011
3
Living and Dying with Cancer
It quite simply attempts to present a series of accounts from individuals of what it was like for them to be dying from cancer. As with all individuals, their reactions were based on their interpretations (Hammersley and Atkinson, 1996) of their ...
Angela Armstrong-Coster, 2004
4
Dying the Good Death: The Pilgrimage to Die in India's Holy City
Rather, they are happy to be dying here." The guardians of the dying people seem to agree; all of them say that the dying person is happy to have reached Kashi and almost all say that the dying person had no fear of dying. They have made ...
Christopher Justice, 1997
5
Awareness Of Dying
... many strangers, however compassionate and technically skilled they may be. Dying away from home is compounded by a noticeable and important medical • Robert Fulton, "Death and Self," Journal of Religion and Health, 3 (July 1964), p.
Barney Galland Glaser, Anselm Leonard Strauss, 1966
6
Time for Dying
One major condition is that the patient be dying comfortably and acceptably; that is, he is neither in great pain nor in a physical state or aspect of care that would unduly distress the family. Preferably, the staff should also have reason to believe  ...
Barney G. Glaser, Anselm Leonard Strauss, 1974
7
Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and ...
When questioned about the circumstances under which people should be allowed to die, Caucasian (38.2%) and African Americans (27.6%) related that the people needed to be dying anyway, Hispanic Americans (28.4%) tended to feel that ...
Cynthia A. Peveto, 2005
8
Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing ...
Patients with such conditions can clearly be said to be dying, but it makes no sense to claim that they are already dead. It can be difficult to understand how otherwise sophisticated clinicians and scientists could have made such a fundamental ...
Franklin G. Miller, Robert D. Truog, 2011
9
Miscellaneous bulletin
On August 16, 12 days after application, I found the bugs to be dying and dead all through the field (12 acres). On August 20, I again found the bugs to be dying rapidly. A field 40 rods distant had sure marks of bugs in a dying condition. What I  ...
United States. Office of Experiment Stations, 1889
10
First- Annual Report of the Director ... 1891-: Contagious ...
On August 16, 12 days after application, I found the bugs to be dying and dead all through the/ field (12 acre*). On August 20, I again found the bugs to be dying rapidly. A field 40 rods distant had sure marks of bugs in a dying condition. What I  ...
University of Kansas. Experiment station, Francis Huntington Snow, 1892

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BE DYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term be dying is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cockles could be dying due to high amount of ammonia in water
TAIPING: Preliminary laboratory reports of water samples taken from the river at Kuala Sepetang, the largest cockle breeding ground in ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
2
NHL Rumors: Latest Roundup on Potential Trades and Free-Agency …
But while the free-agency moves and talk of trades may be dying down, they are far from going away. Most teams have already done much of ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
3
Another trial by spin to decide series
I bet they would be dying to see ipl and when it comes to ipl, you know why only shakib is selected..there lies the standard of bd players. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
4
Diver captures 'killer algae' caused by climate change that's …
And that's probably why it name, thanatos, translates roughly from Greek to English to mean 'to die' or 'be dying'. The filamentous algae seen in ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Ken Dixon: Gambling with death on holiday roads
But fear not, someone will be dying on Connecticut roads this weekend. We, and especially they, don't yet know it. If bookmaking were legal ... «CT Post, Jul 15»
6
Hong Kong teenagers 'turning away from Cantopop in favour of K …
Cantopop, just like Cantonese, may be dying out with a generation, according to a local music academic. Stephen Chu, director of the Hong ... «Coconuts Hong Kong, Jul 15»
7
Vyapam Scam: Is Shivraj Singh Chouhan Helpless About …
People, who can be linked to the Vyapam scam, seemed to be dying everyday with growing demands from the Congress that the Madhya ... «Youth Ki Awaaz, Jul 15»
8
Good News: Big Trouble for California Assisted Suicide Bill
Californiachamber9 Very good. I have been hearing this news for a few weeks, but it looks like CA's assisted suicide bill may be dying. «National Right to Life News, Jul 15»
9
How Big Data Is Revolutionizing The Fight Against Cancer
Just this year a study concluded that thanks to the advances in spotting and treating cancer, by 2050 no one under 80 will be dying from the ... «Pulse, Jul 15»
10
Emerging trend of surprise albums puts focus on artists
The music industry died once and may be dying again, with the power shifting from music industry executives to the hands of artists. «Daily Bruin, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Be dying [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/be-dying>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z