Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

die off

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English

Syllables
die off
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)

verb

To become defunct or nonexistent.

verb

Of music, noise, etc., to reduce in volume until no longer audible.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

dies off (present, singular) dying off (participle, present) died off (participle, past) died off (past)

Derived Forms

dieoff

Phrases

die-off die back kill off

Frequently Paired Words

die back kill off

Synonyms

die out die down

Questions

What does die off mean?
To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)

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