expire
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: expiré
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Middle French expirer, from Latin exspīrō, exspīrāre, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō, spīrāre (“breathe, be alive”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
expire (third-person singular simple present expires, present participle expiring, simple past and past participle expired)
- (intransitive) to die
- The patient expired in hospital.
- (intransitive) to become invalid
- My library card will expire next week.
- (intransitive) to exhale; to breathe (out).
- Harvey
- Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air.
- Dryden
- This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire.
- Harvey
- (transitive) to exhale (something).
- 1843, Loring Dudley Chapin
- Animals expire carbon and plants inspire it; plants expire oxygen and animals inspire it.
- 1843, Loring Dudley Chapin
- (transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
- Francis Bacon
- the expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter
- Francis Bacon
- (transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate.
- Shakespeare
- Expire the term / Of a despised life.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms[edit]
- (to die): See also Wikisaurus:die
Antonyms[edit]
- (to exhale): inspire
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
die — see die
become invalid
exhale — see exhale
to exhale (something)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
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
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
expire
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of expirar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of expirar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of expirar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of expirar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
expire
- 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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