Expire Definition

ĭk-spīr
expired, expires, expiring
verb
expired, expires, expiring
To breathe one's last breath; die.
Webster's New World
To breathe out air.
Webster's New World
To come to an end; terminate; cease.
The lease expired.
Webster's New World
To breathe out (air from the lungs)
Webster's New World
To give off (an odor, etc.)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
run outbuy-the-farmsnuff-itcroakchokepop offdrop-deadgive-up-the-ghostconkcash in one's chipskick-the-bucketpasspass awayexitgo
Antonyms:
begincommencestartbearinhalebreathe-in
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Origin of Expire

  • Middle English expiren from Old French expirer from Latin exspīrāre ex- ex- spīrāre to breathe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French expirer, from Latin ex- (“out”) + spīro (“breathe, be alive”)

    From Wiktionary

Expire Sentence Examples

  • My offer is good whether you expire in three months or an eternity.

  • The subtenant's interest will expire with the interest of the person who created it.

  • The armistice was allowed to expire, and a renewal of the contest became inevitable.

  • His safe-conduct was to expire twenty-one days after the 16th of April.

  • Thou didst expire in the ardour of her embraces, nor did she leave Thee when dead, 0 Lord Jesus, for she allowed not Thy body to rest elsewhere than in a borrowed grave.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXP

Words Ending With

EREIRE

Unscrambles

expire

Words Starting With E and Ending With E

Starts With E & Ends With EStarts With EX & Ends With EStarts With E & Ends With RE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With E6 Letter Words Ending With E