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Definitions for expire
ɪkˈspaɪərex·pire

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. run out, expireverb

    lose validity

    "My passports expired last month"

  2. 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 itverb

    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. exhale, expire, breathe outverb

    expel air

    "Exhale when you lift the weight"

Wiktionary

  1. expireverb

    to die

    The old librarian will expire next week.

  2. expireverb

    to become invalid

    My library card will expire next week.

  3. expireverb

    to exhale; to breathe (out).

  4. expireverb

    to exhale (something).

    He escaped the garage and will expire the carbon monoxide he had been breathing.

  5. Etymology: From ex- + spiro

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To EXPIREverb

    Etymology: expiro, Latin.

    To save his body from the scorching fire,
    Which he from hellish entrails did expire. Fairy Queen.

    Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

    This chaff’d the boar; his nostrils flames expire,
    And his red eyeballs roll with living fire. John Dryden, Ovid.

    The fluid which is thus secreted, and expired forth along with the air, goes off in insensible parcels. John Woodward.

    When as time flying with wings swift,
    Expired had the term that these two javels
    Should render up a reck’ning of their travels. Hubb. Tale.

  2. To Expireverb

    If the inspiring and expiring organ of any animal be stopt, it suddenly dies. Izaak Walton, Angler.

    For when the fair in all their pride expire,
    To their first elements the souls retire. Alexander Pope.

    All thy praise is vain,
    Save what this verse, which never shall expire,
    Shall to thee purchase. Edmund Spenser.

    The dead man’s knell,
    Is there scarce ask’d, for whom; and good mens lives
    Expire before the flowers in their caps,
    Dying or ere they sicken. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    The distance judg’d for shot of every size,
    The linstocks touch, the pond’rous ball expires;
    The vigorous seaman every porthole plies,
    And adds his heart to every gun he fires. Dryden.

    A month before
    This bond expires, I do expect return
    Of thrice three times the value of this bond. William Shakespeare.

Wikipedia

  1. Expire

    Expire was an American hardcore punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, active from 2009 to 2017. They were signed to Bridge 9 Records.

ChatGPT

  1. expire

    To expire generally means to come to an end or cease to be valid after a certain period. This term is often used in relation to contracts, agreements, subscriptions, licenses, or perishable items like food and medicine which have a specific 'expiry' date after which they should not be used or consumed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Expireverb

    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. Expireverb

    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. Expireverb

    to emit; to give out

  4. Expireverb

    to bring to a close; to terminate

  5. Expireverb

    to emit the breath

  6. Expireverb

    to emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony

  7. Expireverb

    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. Expireverb

    to burst forth; to fly out with a blast

  9. Etymology: [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Expire

    eks-pīr′, v.t. to breathe out: to emit or throw out from the lungs: to emit in minute particles.—v.i. to breathe out the breath of life: to die out (of fire): to die: to come to an end.—adj. Expī′rable, that may expire or come to an end.—ns. Expī′rant, one expiring; Expirā′tion, the act of breathing out: (obs.) death: end: that which is expired.—adj. Expī′ratory, pertaining to expiration, or the emission of the breath.—p.adj. Expī′ring, dying: pertaining to or uttered at the time of dying.—n. Expī′ry, the end or termination: expiration. [Fr. expirer—L. ex, out, spirāre, -ātum, to breathe.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of expire in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of expire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of expire in a Sentence

  1. Kyle Pomerleau:

    Taxpayers also wouldn't notice any difference right now. They would only notice a difference relative to this hypothetical world in which the tax cuts were allowed to expire.

  2. Mark Cohen:

    He's letting leases expire, he's abandoning stores. He keeps them open if it's expedient to stay open, obviously, they are all going to be gone shortly. You can count on that.

  3. Jeb Hensarling:

    As more Americans and more members of Congress learned about Ex-Im's political lending, corruption and fundamental unfairness, the more they wanted it to expire, now the challenge for supporters of a competitive free-market economy is to make sure Ex-Im stays expired.

  4. Mark Zandi:

    It will lift long-term economic growth and by so doing, all else being equal, will take the edge off of inflation long run, but again that's pretty small potatoes, because it's very much on the margin and a lot of the programs expire, so they would presumably have no effect later in the decade.

  5. William Cocks:

    Applying early will allow you to save the additional $ 60 expedite fee, if you have a valid passport, be sure to check its expiration date before you make travel reservations.Some countries will not let you enter if your passport will expire in fewer than six months.

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