expire

/iks'paiə/
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expire

My passport will expire next month.

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  • Expiration (noun): The act of ending or the state of being no longer valid; also, the act of breathing out.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  • Expired (adjective): No longer valid or in effect; having died.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.
expire

My passport will expire next month.

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

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