{
  "dying":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": approaching death":[
        "a dying man",
        "He had come back three years earlier to care for his dying mother.",
        "\u2014 Jeff Tietz",
        "the dying day",
        "a dying fire"
      ],
      ": gradually ceasing to be":[
        "a dying man",
        "He had come back three years earlier to care for his dying mother.",
        "\u2014 Jeff Tietz",
        "the dying day",
        "a dying fire"
      ],
      ": having reached an advanced or ultimate stage of decay or disuse":[
        "a dying civilization",
        "a dying tradition"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or occurring at the time of death or dying":[
        "recorded his dying words",
        "promised to fulfill her dying wishes"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "moribund"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042545",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}