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die
Verb
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If a person or animal dies, it stops living.
My father died last year in a car crash, I really miss him.
The song is about her brother who died young at the age of ten.
Many more people die of heart attacks than from violence.
She died from being sick.
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If something dies, it stops existing.
The idea died once the money was all gone.
Rock and roll will never die.
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If a machine dies, it stops working.
The car died suddenly on the highway.
My computer died on me over the weekend.
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If you're dying for something, you want it very much.
I'm dying for a chance to meet him.
die
Noun
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A die is a piece of metal or other hard material used to shape, cut, or mold a product.
die
Noun
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A die is a cube, each side of which is marked with a different number of spots from 1 to 6.
positive
Adjective
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If something is positive, it is good, happy, or wanted.
A balanced diet, exercise, and a positive attitude are all things that give you a sense of well being.
After using the new skin cream for four weeks, most women showed positive results, reporting that their skin felt smoother and softer and looked better.
The changes in the prices were all positive.
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If you are positive about something, you are sure that you are not mistaken.
The guard at Euston was positive that on that particular day he had locked the door.
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If a test result is positive, the test found what it was testing for.
I'm sorry, the HIV test is positive.
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A positive electrical charge is one carried by a proton.
Attach the wire to the positive pole of the battery.
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A positive number or value is more than zero.
A positive number multiplied by a negative number results in a negative.
The Kelvin scale of temperature is absolute since only positive temperatures are possible.
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A positive symptom is one where something is there that should not be. Usually this is for schizophrenia.
His positive symptoms included hearing voices of people that were not there.
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Based on something being there or being true, in some other way.
I tie-bleached my shirt to make a negative image, then tie-dyed it to add a positive image.
There were negative rules, telling us what not to do, as well as positive ones telling us what to do.
positive
Noun
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A positive is a good thing or part of something.
It's been a bad week, but at least the sun is one positive.
auf
noun
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(obsolete) A changeling or elf child; a child left by fairies.
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(obsolete) A deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
fitness
Noun
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Fitness is the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce.
In cold places, fur can increase evolutionary fitness.
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Fitness is the condition of being physically healthy.
You need to improve your fitness if you want to live for a long time.