Past tense of die
regular verb
The past tense of die is died. The past participle is also died.
Forms of die
| Base form (V1) | die /daɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | died /daɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | died /daɪd/ |
| Present participle | dying /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | dies /daɪz/ |
Died in a sentence
- He died of malaria.
- In 1971 or 72, Mom's sister Carolyn Weimer died of breast cancer.2000, Stephen King, On Writing, Pocket Books, published 2002, page 85
- King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.From the entry surfeit
- The campfire died down, but it's still burning enough to feel some warmth through the night.From the entry burn
- (in a video game) I don't know how I lived that, I should've died like 8 times.From the entry live
Meaning of die
- verb To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- verb Followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use.
- verb Followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences.
Questions about the past tense of die
- What is the past tense of die?
- The past tense of die is died.
- What is the past participle of die?
- The past participle of die is died.
- Is die a regular or irregular verb?
- Die is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: die (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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