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==English==
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|en-au-die out.ogg|a=AU}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{head|en|verb|head='''[[die]] [[out]]'''}}
{{en-verb|*}}


# {{context|idiomatic|lang=en}}  To become [[extinct]].
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To become [[extinct]].
#: {{syn|en|die off#Verb}}
#*{{quote-book|year=1963|author={{w|Margery Allingham}}
#: {{ux|en|The [[dinosaur]]s '''died out''' a long [[time]] [[ago]].}}
|title={{w|The China Governess}}
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=1|passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had '''died out''' before they had put up little more than the gateway,{{nb...}}.}}
|chapter=1|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL2004261W
#* {{quote-video game|en|developer=w:BioWare|title={{w|Mass Effect (video game)|Mass Effect}}|genre=[[science fiction|Science Fiction]]|location=Redwood City|publisher=Electronic Arts|year=2008|system=PC|scene=Med Bay Lab, {{w|Normandy (Mass Effect)|SSV Normandy}}|isbn=9780784546642|oclc=246633669|passage=Shepard: I thought you always needed another species to serve as one of the parents.<br>{{w|Liara T'Soni|Liara}}: Think about it, Shepard. If we were not able to mate with our own species, we would have '''died out''' long before we ever mastered space flight and left our homeworld.}}
|passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had '''died out''' before they had put up little more than the gateway,&nbsp;[&hellip;].}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To [[cease]] [[gradually]].
#: {{usex|The [[dinosaur]]s '''died out''' a long [[time]] [[ago]].|lang=en}}
#: {{cot|en|die down#Verb}}
#: {{ux|en|The prejudice has '''died out'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1945|month=January and February|author=A Former Pupil|title=Some Memories of Crewe Works—III|journal=Railway Magazine|page=14|text=However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be '''dying out''' in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs.}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|to become extinct}}
{{trans-top|to become extinct}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|vyhynout}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اِنْقَرَضَ}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|اَنْقَرَض|tr=angaraḍ}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kuolla sukupuuttoon}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|выміра́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|вы́мерці|pf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|extingir-se}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vyhynout}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|uddø}}, {{t|da|dø ud|c}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|formorti}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kuolla]] [[sukupuutto]]on}}
* French: {{t+|fr|s'éteindre}}
* French: {{t+|fr|s'éteindre}}
* German: {{t+|de|aussterben}}
* German: {{t+|de|aussterben}}
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* Icelandic: {{t|is|deyja út}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|deyja út}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|死に絶える|tr=しにたえる, shinitaeru}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|死に絶える|tr=しにたえる, shinitaeru}}
* Kurdish:
{{trans-mid}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|qelîn}}
* Latin: {{t|la|emorior}}, {{t|la|abolēscō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|izmirt}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|dø ut}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|dø ut}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|døy ut}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|døy ut}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|wymierać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|wymrzeć|pf}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wymierać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|wymrzeć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|desaparecer}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вымирать|tr=vymirát'|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вымереть|tr=vým'er'et'|pf}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|dispărea}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вымира́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вы́мереть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|extinguirse}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|extinguirse}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dö ut}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|вимира́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|ви́мерти|pf}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{C|en|Death}}
[[Category:English phrasal verbs]]
[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (out)]]

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Latest revision as of 11:51, 27 September 2024

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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die out (third-person singular simple present dies out, present participle dying out, simple past and past participle died out)

  1. (idiomatic) To become extinct.
    Synonym: die off
    The dinosaurs died out a long time ago.
  2. (idiomatic) To cease gradually.
    Coordinate term: die down
    The prejudice has died out.
    • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
      However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be dying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs.

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