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verb. uk / ɪkˈspaɪə r/ us / ɪkˈspaɪr / expire verb (END) C2 [ I ] If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use: My passport expires next month. The contract between the two companies will expire at the end of the year. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Coming to an end. closure.
Definitions of expired. adjective. having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time. “an expired passport”. “caught driving with an expired license”. synonyms: invalid. no longer valid.
If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use: My passport expires next month. The contract between the two companies will expire at the end of the year. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Coming to an end.
Other forms: expired; expiring; expires. If something — like milk or a free shipping coupon — expires, it is no longer usable or valid. When you expire, you will be dead. The verb expire comes from the Latin expirare, meaning “breathe out,” and the modern use retains that ancient meaning.
His term of office expires at the end of June. [intransitive] (literary) to die. She had expired while bearing her son. Definition of expire verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer. to emit the last breath; die. to breathe out. to die out, as a fire. verb (used with object) , ex·pired, ex·pir·ing. to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs. Archaic. to give off, emit, or eject. expire. / ɪkˈspaɪə / verb. intr to finish or run out; cease; come to an end.
1 day ago · 1. verb. When something such as a contract, deadline, or visa expires, it comes to an end or is no longer valid . He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired. [VERB] Synonyms: become invalid, end, finish, conclude More Synonyms of expire. 2. verb. When someone expires, they die. [literary]
