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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•spire /trænˈspaɪr/USA pronunciation v., -spired, -spir•ing. - to occur; happen;
take place:[no object]What transpired next is not known exactly. - to be revealed or become known:[It + ~ + that clause]It transpired that she had been seeing another man.
- [no object] to emit waste matter, etc., through the surface, as of leaves or the body.
tran•spi•ra•tion /ˌtrænspəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -spir-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•spire (tran spīər′),USA pronunciation v., -spired, -spir•ing. v.i. - to occur; happen;
take place. - to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- to escape, as moisture or odor, through or as if through pores.
- to be revealed or become known.
v.t. - to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- Medieval Latin trānspīrāre, equivalent. to Latin trāns- trans- + spīrāre to breathe
- Middle French transpirer
- 1590–1600
1. From its earlier literal sense "to escape as vapor'' transpire came to mean "to escape from concealment, become known'' in the 18th century. Somewhat later, it developed the meaning "to occur, happen,'' a sentence such asHe was not aware of what had transpired yesterdaybeing taken to meanHe was not aware of what had happened yesterday.In spite of two centuries of use in all varieties of speech and writing, this now common meaning is still objected to by some on the grounds that it arose from a misapprehension of the word's true meaning. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transpire /trænˈspaɪə/ vb - (intransitive) to come to light; be known
- (intransitive) informal to happen or occur
- to give off or exhale (water or vapour) through the skin, a mucous membrane, etc
- (of plants) to lose (water in the form of water vapour), esp through the stomata of the leaves
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin transpīrāre, from Latin trans- + spīrāre to breathetranspiration /ˌtrænspəˈreɪʃən/ n tranˈspiratory adj USAGE
It is often maintained that transpire should not be used to mean happen or occur, as in the event transpired late in the evening, and that the word is properly used to mean become known, as in it transpired later that the thief had been caught. The word is, however, widely used in the former sense, esp in spoken English |