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1. (v.i.) expire
to come to an end; terminate.
2. expire
to emit the last breath; die.
3. expire
to breathe out.
4. (v.t.) expire
to breathe out (air) from the lungs.
5. expire
Archaic. to emit.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, come to an end =ex-ex -1+spīrāre to breathe)
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| Definition of 'expire' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) run out, expire
lose validity
"My passports expired last month"
2. (verb) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
3. (verb) exhale, expire, breathe out
expel air
"Exhale when you lift the weight"
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1. (verb) expire
to no longer be officially valid or safe
My driver's license expires next month.
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| Definition of 'expire' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) expire
to breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire
2. (verb) expire
to give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors
3. (verb) expire
to emit; to give out
4. (verb) expire
to bring to a close; to terminate
5. (verb) expire
to emit the breath
6. (verb) expire
to emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony
7. (verb) expire
to come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday
8. (verb) expire
to burst forth; to fly out with a blast
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Sense: (of a limited period of time) to come to an end
His three weeks' leave expires tomorrow.
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 Afrikaans: eindig |
 Arabic: يَنْتَهي، يَنْقَضي |
 Bulgarian: свършвам |
 Brazilian: expirar |
 Czech: uplynout |
 German: ablaufen |
 Danish: udløbe; ophøre |
 Greek: λήγω, εκπνέω |
 Spanish: terminar |
 Estonian: lõpule jõudma |
 Farsi: به سر رسیدن؛ سپری شدن |
 Finnish: päättyä |
 French: expirer |
 Hebrew: לָפוּג |
 Hindi: समाप्त होना |
 Croatian: isteći, proći |
 Hungarian: letelik |
 Indonesian: berakhir |
 Icelandic: rennaút; ljúka |
 Italian: finire |
 Japanese: 終る |
 Korean: 끝나다 |
 Lithuanian: baigtis |
 Latvian: (par termiņu) beigties |
 Malay: luput |
 Dutch: aflopen |
 Norwegian: utløpe, opphøre |
 Polish: skończyć się |
 Persian: به سر رسیدن؛ سپری شدن |
 Pashto: پاى ته رسيدل |
 Portuguese: terminar |
 Romanian: a se sfârşi |
 Russian: оканчиваться |
 Slovak: uplynúť |
 Slovenian: poteči |
 Serbian: okončati |
 Swedish: upphöra |
 Thai: สิ้นสุด |
 Turkish: sona ermek, bitmek |
 Taiwanese: 期滿 |
 Ukrainian: закінчуватися |
 Urdu: میعتد ، وقت وغیرہ کا گزر |
 Vietnamese: hết hạn |
 Chinese: 期满 |
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