Transpire

Quick meaning: Transpire is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

More Meanings

1. (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
2. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.
3. (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire.

Example Sentences

It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.

The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.

But there is a school of thought that holds that the more you talk about recession, the more likely it is to transpire.

Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.

Word Forms

• transpires
• transpiring
• transpired

Synonyms for transpire

Depending on context, synonyms include sweat, emerge, develop, occur, bechance, befall.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include emerge, occur, happen, prove, exhale, perspire.

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