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died

v.
A2 Elementary US //ˈdaɪd// UK //dˈaɪd// died

v. to stop living. You use this to describe the moment a person, animal, or plant is no longer alive.

v. to cease to live; to undergo the permanent cessation of all vital functions. Intransitive — does not take a direct object.


SIMPLE

The old tree in the garden died last winter.

CONTEXTUAL

The famous actor died peacefully at home surrounded by his family and close friends.

COMPLEX

Historians still debate the exact cause of the plague that swept through the city, though most agree that thousands died within the first month alone.

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Usage

The verb is intransitive and cannot be used in the passive voice.

Pitfall

He was died in 1990He died in 1990Died is an active verb, not an adjective or a passive construction; it does not take the auxiliary verb 'was'.

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