Definition of Expire in English :

Define Expire in English

Expire meaning in English

Meaning of Expire in English

Pronunciation of Expire in English

Expire pronunciation in English

Pronounce Expire in English

Expire

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Verb

1. expire, run out

lose validity

Example Sentences:
'My passports expired last month'

2. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Example Sentences:
'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. breathe out, exhale, expire

expel air

Example Sentences:
'Exhale when you lift the weight'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Expire

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to finish or run out; cease; come to an end
2. 
to breathe out (air); exhale
3. (intransitive)
to die

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Expire

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verb transitiveWord forms: exˈpired or exˈpiring
1. 
to breathe out (air from the lungs)
2.  Obsolete
to give off (an odor, etc.)
verb intransitive
3. 
to breathe out air
4. 
to breathe one's last breath; die
5. 
to come to an end; terminate; cease
the lease expired

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Expire

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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.

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