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expire
[ ik-spahyuhr ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
- Archaic. to give off, emit, or eject.
expire
/ ɪkˈspaɪə /
verb
- intr to finish or run out; cease; come to an end
- to breathe out (air); exhale
- intr to die
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Derived Forms
- exˈpirer, noun
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Other Words From
- ex·pirer noun
- ex·piring·ly adverb
- nonex·piring adjective
- unex·pired adjective
- unex·piring adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of expire1
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Example Sentences
Higher courts, including the Supreme Court had refused to intercede, and the stay was to expire tonight.
Last year, it let an unemployment extension for the long-term jobless expire during the holidays.
The temporary reduction of Social Security payroll taxes was allowed to expire in early 2013.
Those negotiations are set to expire at the end of November.
First, they let the stimulus boost expire, which that meant an average family of three receiving benefits lost $29 per month.
When a lease is about to expire a difficult question sometimes arises, what can the tenant take away with him?
He begged me to follow him: “I may die under the knife, and I should wish, in that case, to expire in your arms.”
The act which was passed at that time for imposing a tax upon income will shortly expire.
The conquered remain on the battlefield, nearly broken in two, and feebly waving their paws, till they slowly expire in agonies.
The colonists looked anxiously to 1764 when the odious act would expire by limitation.
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