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to die

to die

598 7.9
To want something very much
  • verb
  • /daɪ/
  • Informal
translation icon : morirse por
  • I'm glad you brought it up because I've been dying to talk about it.
  • worth dying for

Thailand Place you're dying to go to Bali.

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Examples

  • I've been dying to try that new restaurant that everyone is talking about.

  • I have been dying to get my hands on this hair.

    Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)

  • Like I could die right now and I'd be fine.

  • I'm dying... to go out with you.

    American Royalty (2022)

  • He's been dying to meet you.

    Laughing Sinners (1931)

  • I'm dying for a pint.

    Reign of Chaos (2022)

  • And it didn't help that right now she was dying for a cigarette.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Ever since she announced her engagement, I've been dying to hear about the wedding plans.

  • They always say that when summer comes, everyone is dying to go to the beach.

Synonyms

to yearn
vsto die
92 4.9

To want something very much when you cannot have it

is informal and emphasizes intense short-term longing rather than persistence
to starve
vsto die
  • Informal
68 4.3

To want something very much because you do not have it

is informal speech focusing on intense longing without the bodily hunger image

Antonyms

to satisfy
172 2.0

Make someone happy by meeting their need or wish

Idioms

to die for
  • Informal
28 7.9

So attractive and wanted that people would do a lot to have it

do or die
  • Informal
4 6.7

A situation when you must succeed because failure is not allowed

to live and die by
  • Informal
3 7.2

To depend completely on a belief or rule

to die a thousand deaths
  • Informal
1 8.6

To feel very afraid or worried many times

sine die
  • Formal
1 9.9

With no date set to meet again

cross my heart and hope to die
  • Informal
8.2

To promise honestly that you are telling the truth

to die on one's arse
  • Offensive
9.9

To feel very bored and not interested in what is happening

live by the sword, die by the sword
8.3

People who use violence are likely to die violently

Phrasal Verbs

to die of
520 1.1

To stop living because of a cause like disease or old age

to die out
47 3.7

To stop existing over time, for example animals or traditions

to die down
46 2.7

To become less strong or loud over time

to die off
21 5.8

Plants or animals gradually become fewer until none remain

to die hard
14 7.3

To last for a long time even when people try to stop or change it

to die away
8 4.2

To become quieter and then stop

to die back
  • Specialized
1 6.7

Plant shoots or leaves stop living from the tips inward

Compounds

never-say-die
  • Informal
2 7.4

A person who shows strong hope and refuses to give up

do-or-die
  • Informal
2 7.2

Willing to do anything to succeed when the situation is urgent

do-or-die moment
  • Informal
1 6.0

A time when someone must succeed or they will fail under great pressure

blanking die
  • Specialized
9.8

A tool that cuts flat material into an exact shape in one step

die-sinker
  • Specialized
9.9

A person who cuts designs in metal to make stamps for coins or medals

live-and-die
  • Australian
9.9

A small bush from the tropics whose leaves fold when touched and that has sharp thorns

tool-and-die work
  • Specialized
8.1

Work of designing, making, and fixing metal tools and forms used to make parts

How Strong

to crave
103 3.8
to die
  • Informal
598 7.9
to yearn
92 4.9
desire
∞ 1.6
want
27 1.0

Surface Forms

die infinitive
dying present participle
dies third person singular
died past
died past participle

Etymology

When people say they are dying for something, this use borrows the strong sense of the verb die; it means you 'want it very much' or long for it so strongly it feels like life depends on it.