expire
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin ex- (“‘out’”) + spīro (“‘breathe, be alive’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
[edit] Verb
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to expire (third-person singular simple present expires, present participle expiring, simple past and past participle expired)
- (intransitive) to die
- The old librarian will expire next week.
- (intransitive) to become invalid
- My library card will expire next week.
- (intransitive) to exhale; to breathe (out).
- (transitive) to exhale (something).
- He escaped the garage and will expire the carbon monoxide he had been breathing.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:die
[edit] Antonyms
- (to exhale): inspire
[edit] Derived terms
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[edit] Translations
die
become invalid
exhale
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of eeiprx
- prexie
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
expire
- First-person singular present indicative of expirer.
- Third-person singular present indicative of expirer.
- First-person singular present subjunctive of expirer.
- Third-person singular present subjunctive of expirer.
- Second-person singular imperative of expirer.
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of eeiprx
- expier
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
expire (infinitive: expirar)
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of expirar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of expirar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of expirar.
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