āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
expire
/ÉkspËaâÉĒâÉ/
to expire
01
āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to pass away or cease to live
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The patient expired despite the doctors â efforts.
āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻŦā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(particularly of a time period) to no longer be valid or active
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The president 's term of office expires in December.
āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ⧠āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§āϤā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻŖ, āĻ āĻŦāϏāĻžāύ
(of a document, contract, etc.) to no longer be legally recognized because of reaching the end of validity period
Intransitive: to expire point in time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lease on their apartment expired at the end of the year, prompting them to negotiate a new rental agreement.
āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§āϤā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āύā§āĻā§āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĢā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to release air from the lungs, often as a breath or sigh
Transitive: to expire air
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He expired a sigh of relief when the test was finally over.
āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĢā§āϞāϞā§āύāĨ¤
05
āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§āϤā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻŖ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to become unsafe to use after a certain period of time
Intransitive: to expire | to expire point in time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This bottle of cough syrup expires in two weeks.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϤāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§āϤā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
expiration
expiratory
expired
expire
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