expire

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈspaɪ.ə(r)/ or /ɛkˈspaɪ.ə(r)/

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Verb

Plain form expire

Third-person singular expires

Past tense expired

Past participle expired

Present participle expiring

1. (intransitive) If someone expires, they die.
   • Synonyms: die and pass away

   The patient expired in hospital.

2. (intransitive) If something expires, it ends, usually becoming invalid.

   My library card will expire next week.

   The contract they signed expired already.

3. (intransitive) If food or medicine expires, it passes its expiration date, or the date it should not be eaten.

   All the milk on the shelves has expired.

4. (transitive & intransitive) If you expire, you breathe out.
   • Synonym: exhale
   • Antonym: inspire

Related words

• expiration
• expiry