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expire Definition

ex·pire (ek spīr, ik-)

transitive verb -·pired, -·pir·ing

  1. to breathe out (air from the lungs)
  2. Obsolete to give off (an odor, etc.)

Etymology: ME expiren < L exspirare < ex-, out + spirare, to breathe: see spirit

intransitive verb

  1. to breathe out air
  2. to breathe one's last breath; die
  3. to come to an end; terminate; cease the lease expired

expire Synonyms

expire

v.

  1. To end

    terminate, lapse, come to an end, run out; see stop 2.

  2. To die

    pass on, depart, perish; see die 1. See syn. study at die.

expire Usage Examples

Object

  • badge: The only fully expiring ID badge that prints right from your inkjet or laser printer!
  • lease: When More's lease expired in 1605, John Holmead began to pay the rent, now £ 10.
  • domain: And not because the idea of a registry owning expiring domains is a bad one.
  • month: Alert Lists are set to expire 12 months from the date they were created.

Preposition: on

  • #1: Comments Comments are either turned off or have expired on this article. #1.
  • st: An 8 year tariff would expire on the 21 st February 2001.
  • anniversary: By s.25 AHA 1986 the landlord must give at least twelve months notice to quit, expiring on the anniversary of the tenancy.
  • date: All passes, whenever issued, will expire on the date shown on the pass.

Preposition: at

  • midnight: My contract with the University of Warwick Students ' Union expires at midnight on 31st July.
  • end: Fulton's existing contract with the club expires at the end of the season.

Adjective complement

  • worthless: If the index falls then the warrant will expire worthless.

Modifying Another Word

  • july: A high-deductible health but the difference expire july and the two-year quot.
  • automatically: All registrations automatically expire on the 31 December each year.
  • ago: Copyright for most old games will have expired long ago.
  • since: Outline planning permission was granted for the Phase 1 site in 1994, but this has since expired.
  • soon: As the fifteen year lease would soon expire, in 1967, the club learned of the owner's precarious financial position.
  • otherwise: The lease may be terminated at 12 months notice and otherwise expires in 2070.

Preposition: after

  • days.: Users accounts expire after 30 days. No obligation to renew or continue your subscription.

Used with why or when

  • when: And we take credit cards, tho not ones that expire when there isn't an ' R ' in the month.

Preposition: in

  • summer: His contract at Molineux would have expired in the summer of 2008.

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