Definition

1. Verb (Intransitive):
   • To come to an end; to cease to be valid or in effect: Refers to something reaching its termination date or period of usefulness.
   • To die; to breathe one's last breath: A formal or euphemistic term for dying.
   • To exhale; to breathe out air from the lungs: The act of emitting breath.

Usage and Examples

• To cease being valid:
  • My driver's license will expire next month.
  • The offer on the house expires at midnight.
• To die:
  • The old man expired peacefully in his sleep.
  • In the story, the king expired from his wounds.
• To exhale (less common in everyday use):
  • The doctor asked the patient to expire slowly into the spirometer.

Advanced Usage

• "to expire of/from something": To die as a result of a specific cause.
  • He expired of a heart attack.
• "to expire on [date]": To specify the exact date something becomes invalid.
  • Your membership expires on December 31st.

Variants and Related Words

• Expiration (noun): The act of ending or the state of being no longer valid; also, the act of breathing out.
  • The expiration date is printed on the milk carton.
  • The expiration of air from the lungs is a passive process.
• Expired (adjective): No longer valid or in effect; having died.
  • Do not consume expired medication.
  • The expired monarch was succeeded by his son.

Synonyms

• End, terminate, run out (for validity).
• Die, pass away, perish (for death).
• Exhale, breathe out (for breath).

Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

• "The lease is about to expire": A common phrase indicating a rental agreement is nearing its end date.
• "Time expired": Often used in sports or timed contexts to indicate the allotted time has ended.

Verb

1. expel air
   • Exhale when you lift the weight
2. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   • She died from cancer
   • The children perished in the fire
   • The patient went peacefully
   • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
3. lose validity
   • My passports expired last month