Expire

Quick meaning: Expire is a verb meaning (intransitive) To die.

Meaning

(intransitive) To die.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
2. (intransitive) To come to an end; to conclude.
3. (ambitransitive) To exhale; to breathe out.
4. (transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
5. (transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate.
6. (transitive, computing) To cause to lapse; to invalidate.

Example Sentences

The patient expired in hospital.

My library card will expire next week.

Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air.

And then, his head ſinking on his pillow, he expired; at about half an hour after ten.

Word Forms

• expires
• expiring
• expired

Synonyms for expire

Depending on context, synonyms include cash in, check out, code, croak, cross over, darken.

Antonyms for expire

Common opposites include inspire, inhale.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decease, die, perish, exit, run out, exhale.

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