expire

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.

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[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

(ɪkˈspaɪ^ər)

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

Imperative

expire

expire

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	expire - lose validity; "My passports expired last month" run out 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" buy it, pip out - be killed or die; 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" succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
	3.	expire - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" breathe out, exhale 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

verb

1. To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission:

lapse, run out.

2. To cease to exist:

die (away or out), disappear.

3. To cease living:

decease, demise, depart, die, drop, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb.

Informal: pop off.

Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick 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.

4. To expel air in the process of respiration:

breathe (out), exhale.

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Translations

يَموتيَنْتِهِييَنْتَهي وَقْته، تَنتَهي صَلاحِيَّتهيَنْتَهي، يَنْقَضي

pozbýt platnosti

udløbeophøreudånde

ablaufenerlöschenverfallenverscheidenversterben

λήγωεκπνέω

caducarmorirterminarvencercumplir

lakata olemasta voimassa

expirerfinirmourirdécéder

isteći

letelik

andast, deyja, gefa upp öndinarenna út, falla úr gildirenna út; ljúka

scaderedecaderedecorrereespiraremorire

期限が切れる

만료되다

galiojimo laikasmirtinustoti galiojuspasibaigimas

beigtiesnomirtnotecēt

aflopenuitademenverlopenverstrijkenvervallen

utløpeånde utbli ugyldiggå ut

wygasnąć

expirar

истекатькончатьсякончиться

stratiť platnosť

löpa utandas utavlidadögå bort

หมดอายุ

bitmekölmeksona ermeksüresi bitmeksüresi dolmak

hết hạn

期满死亡失效

expire

[ɪksˈpaɪəʳ] VI

1. (= end) [time, period] → terminar, finalizar; [ticket, passport] → caducar, vencer; [lease, contract] → vencer, expirar
my passport has expired → mi pasaporte ha caducado or vencido

2. (frm) (= die) → expirar

3. (= breathe out) → espirar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

expire

[ɪkˈspaɪə^r] vi

[contract, visa, deadline] → expirer

(literary) (= die) → rendre l'âme

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

expire

vi

(lease, passport) → ablaufen, ungültig werden; (time limit) → ablaufen, zu Ende gehen

(liter: = die) → seinen Geist aufgeben (liter)

(= breathe out) → ausatmen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

expire

[ɪksˈpaɪəʳ] vi (document, time limit) → scadere; (die) → spirare

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expire

(ikˈspaiə) verb

1. (of a limited period of time) to come to an end. His three weeks' leave expires tomorrow. eindig يَنْتَهي، يَنْقَضي свършвам expirar uplynout ablaufen udløbe; ophøre λήγω, εκπνέωterminar lõpule jõudma به سر رسیدن؛ سپری شدن päättyä expirer לָפוּג समाप्त होना isteći, proći letelik berakhir renna út; ljúka finire 終る 끝나다 baigtis (par termiņu) beigties luput aflopenutløpe, opphøre skończyć się پاى ته رسيدل terminar a se sfârşi оканчиваться uplynúť poteči okončati upphöra สิ้นสุด sona ermek, bitmek 期滿 закінчуватися میعتد ، وقت وغیرہ کا گزر جانا hết hạn 期满

2. (of a ticket, licence etc) to go out of date. My driving licence expired last month. verstryk يَنْتَهي وَقْته، تَنتَهي صَلاحِيَّته изтичам expirar/caducar ztratit platnost ablaufen udløbe λήγωcaducar aeguma منقضی شدن؛ باطل شدن vanhentua expirer פָּג תּוֹקֶף उपयोग का काल समाप्त होना isteći (rok) lejár kedaluwarsa renna út, falla úr gildi scadere 期限切れになる 만료하다 nustoti galiojus (par derīguma termiņu) beigties; notecēt tarikh tamat verlopengå ut, bli ugyldig tracić ważność, wygasać باطليدل expirar/caducar a expira истекать stratiť platnosť zapasti isticati gå ut, upphöra att gälla หมดอายุ süresi bitmek 失效 втрачати силу زائد المیعاد ہو جانا hết hiệu lực 失效

3. to die. sterwe يَموت издъхвам morrer zemřít verscheiden udånde πεθαίνωexpirar, morir hinge heitma مردن kuolla expirer לָמוּת मर जाना umrijeti kileheli lelkét mati andast, deyja, gefa upp öndina spirare 死ぬ 숨을 거두다 mirti nomirt mati stervenånde ut, dø umierać مړ كيدل expirar/finar-se a muri умирать; угасать zomrieť izdihniti umreti uppge andan, dö ตาย ölmek 死亡 умирати; згасати فوت ہونا chết 死亡

expiration (ekspiˈreiʃən) noun

uitaseming, verstryking إنْتِهاء وقْت الشيء издишане morte vypršení der Ablauf udløb; ophør λήξηexpiración lõppemine خاتمه؛ انقضا päättyminen expirationתום निश्वासन् kraj, istek kilé(le)gzés; lejárat kematian, kedaluwarsaan útöndun; endir; gildislok scadenza 終了 만료 (termino) pasibaigimas (termiņa) beigšanās peluputan afloop, dood utløp, opphør; utånding wygaśnięcie پاى morte expirare окончание uplynutie konec isticanje upphörande การหายใจออก; การสิ้นสุด; การหมดอายุ süresi bitme 到期，失效 закінчення سانس چھوڑنا sự mãn hạn 终止，失效

exˈpiry 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. verval, verstryking إنتِهاء المَوعِد дата на изтичане término vypršení der Ablauf udløb; udløbs-; ophør λήξηexpiración aegumine پایان؛ خاتمه vanheneminen expiration פָּג תוֹקֶף समाप्ति, समापन izmak, istek roka lejárat akhir batas waktu gildislok scadenza 期間満了 (계약, 보증 기한의) 만료 galiojimo laikas, paskutinis terminas (derīguma termiņa) beigšanās; notecēšana tempoh luput vervaldagutløp, opphør, forfall data ważności پاى término expi­rare истечение срока (действия) uplynutie zapadlost trajanje utlöpande, utgång, upphörande การหมดอายุ süre sonu 滿期，截止 закінчення, кінець строку مقررہ مدت کا اختتام sự hết hạn 满期，逾期

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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

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ex·pire

vt. espirar, expeler el aire aspirado;

expirar, morir, dejar de existir.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

expire

vi (to die) fallecer, morir

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