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ex·pire
(ĭk-spīr′)v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires
v.intr.
1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired.
2. To breathe one's last breath; die: The patient expired early this morning.
3. To exhale; breathe out.
v.tr.
1. To breathe (something) out.
2. Archaic To give (something) off.
[Middle English expiren, from Old French expirer, from Latin exspīrāre : ex-, ex- + spīrāre, to breathe.]
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expire
(ɪkˈspaɪə)vb
1. (intr) to finish or run out; cease; come to an end
2. (Physiology) to breathe out (air); exhale
3. (intr) to die
[C15: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspīrāre to breathe out, from spīrāre to breathe]
exˈpirer n
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ex•pire
(ɪkˈspaɪər)v. -pired, -pir•ing. v.i.
1. to come to an end; terminate.
2. to emit the last breath; die.
3. to breathe out.
v.t. 4. to breathe out (air) from the lungs.
5. Archaic. to emit.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, come to an end =ex- ex-1 + spīrāre to breathe]
ex•pir′er, n.
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expire
Past participle: expired
Gerund: expiring
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| Verb | 1. | expire - lose validity; "My passports expired last month" discontinue - come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" |
| 2. |  expire - 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"croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" | |
| 3. |  expire - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" snort - make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The critic snorted contemptuously" blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
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expire
verb
1. become invalid, end, finish, conclude, close, stop, run out, cease, lapse, terminate, come to an end, be no longer valid He continued to live in the States after his visa had expired.
2. die, decease, depart, buy it (U.S. slang), check out (U.S. slang), perish, kick it (slang), croak (slang), go belly-up (slang), snuff it (informal), peg out (informal), kick the bucket (informal), peg it (informal), depart this life, meet your maker, cark it (Austral. & N.Z. slang), pop your clogs (informal), pass away or on He expired in excruciating agony.
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expire
verb3. To cease living:
Informal: pop off.
Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes.
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Translations
يَموتيَنْتِهِييَنْتَهي وَقْته، تَنتَهي صَلاحِيَّتهيَنْتَهي، يَنْقَضي
pozbýt platnosti
udløbeophøreudånde
lakata olemasta voimassa
isteći
letelik
andast, deyja, gefa upp öndinarenna út, falla úr gildirenna út; ljúka
期限が切れる
만료되다
galiojimo laikasmirtinustoti galiojuspasibaigimas
beigtiesnomirtnotecēt
stratiť platnosť
löpa utandas utavlidadögå bort
หมดอายุ
hết hạn
expire
[ɪksˈpaɪəʳ] VI1. (= end) [time, period] → terminar, finalizar; [ticket, passport] → caducar, vencer; [lease, contract] → vencer, expirar
my passport has expired → mi pasaporte ha caducado or vencido
my passport has expired → mi pasaporte ha caducado or vencido
2. (frm) (= die) → expirar
3. (= breathe out) → espirar
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expire
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expire
(ikˈspaiə) verb1. (of a limited period of time) to come to an end. His three weeks' leave expires tomorrow.
2. (of a ticket, licence etc) to go out of date. My driving licence expired last month.
3. to die.
expiration (ekspiˈreiʃən) nounexˈpiry noun
the end of a period of time or of an agreement etc with a time limit. The date of expiry is shown on your driving licence.
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expire
→ يَنْتِهِي pozbýt platnosti udløbe ablaufen λήγω caducar lakata olemasta voimassa expirer isteći scadere 期限が切れる 만료되다 verlopen utløpe wygasnąć expirar истекать löpa ut หมดอายุ süresi dolmak hết hạn 期满Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ex·pire
vt. espirar, expeler el aire aspirado;
expirar, morir, dejar de existir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
expire
vi (to die) fallecer, morirEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.