to die off
21
5.8
- phrasal verb
- /daɪ ɔf/
:
extinguirse
- The Land Elves began to die off then, a few at a time, more after a while.
And so the Greek soldiers are now dying off and they have a council.
- And so the Greek soldiers are now dying off and they have a council.
- And so irregular verbs have been dying off like endangered species.
- They make food lines, but as they die off, you start to lose that complexity.
- You see some of these these other, you know, philosophers dying off and schools again changing hands.
- You stop being able to think and eventually those cells start dying off entirely.
- So for fermentation being the thing that I'm thinking of, would that bacteria not die off?
- And with the opening of each seal, our old perception of the world dies off and our new perception opens up interesting.
- So you're not wrong there, but unless they had something to eat, they'd die off.
- Another thing that people will run into is the tips will start to brown or they'll start to die off.
- And the queen tells him, well, there were there was a community of people that looked just like you guys that was on the coast, but they all died off.
- I sought them out to help me start off and umm, of course they die off.
Examples
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If everybody waited 'til they could afford to have kids, our civilization would've died off centuries ago.
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All their skilled men have died off.
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It's something that you would think would die off by now, but it just has not.
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And I want you to know that most of my people have died off because of this and that happening.
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Many decided to stay, but only until the older generation died off.
Academic text (2009) -
Until people around him start dying off.
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You know, but they say every year, millions of brain cells just die off.
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AM radio was supposed to have died off years ago due to its weak and tinny sound.
Academic text (2011) -
We need a good gossip before all our crowd dies off and there's nobody to talk about.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many species of animals have die off due to climate change, threatening biodiversity.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stop being seen or to no longer be there
840
4.8
To stop being felt, as a feeling or idea
72
5.1
To become smaller or less in number over time
47
3.7
To stop existing over time, for example animals or traditions
21
3.5
To become less in number or amount
19
4.3
To become less in amount or quality
15
4.5
Stop existing as a kind of animal, plant, or language
12
3.5
To slowly disappear or stop existing
9
5.6
To slowly become weaker and then stop
2
8.6
To stop being used and disappear completely
1
4.6
Slowly get smaller in number or amount until nothing remains
1
5.1
To become slowly smaller or less until almost nothing remains
1
8.2
To disappear completely because of neglect or bad weather
1
8.1
Disappear completely so no one knows what happened and no sign is left
1
9.9
To reduce the number of people slowly over time
Antonyms
How Numerous
241
3.2
- US
75
4.3
439
3.9
72
5.1
47
3.7
21
5.8
15
4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'die' gives the core meaning (cease living) and the particle 'off' adds a sense of removal/completion, so a learner who knows both words can infer that members of a group stop living until they are gone. However, the specific nuance of gradual extinction and the particle use as a phrasal-verb marker may not be fully predictable without exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Die off The phrasal verb brings die and off together to paint a picture of members of a group disappearing one by one, like candles going out until the whole line is dark. So, it means 'to decrease slowly until there are none left'.