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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pire /ɪkˈspaɪr/USA pronunciation v., -pired, -pir•ing. - to come to an end;
terminate:[no object]The contract expired at the end of the month. - to emit the last breath;
die:[no object]In the novel the hero expired after a long illness. - to breathe out (air) from the lungs: [no object]still expiring irregularly.[~ + object]to expire air.
See -spir-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pire (ik spīər′),USA pronunciation v., -pired, -pir•ing. v.i. - 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.
v.t. - to breathe out;
emit (air) from the lungs. - [Archaic.]to give off, emit, or eject.
- Latin ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + spīrāre to breathe
- late Middle English 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: expire /ɪkˈspaɪə/ vb - (intransitive) to finish or run out; cease; come to an end
- to breathe out (air); exhale
- (intransitive) to die
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspīrāre to breathe out, from spīrāre to breatheexˈpirer n |