expire

English

Etymology

From Latin ex- (“out”) + spīro (“breathe, be alive”)

Pronunciation

Verb

expire (third-person singular simple present expires, present participle expiring, simple past and past participle expired)

  1. (intransitive) to die
    The old librarian will expire next week.
  2. (intransitive) to become invalid
    My library card will expire next week.
  3. (intransitive) to exhale; to breathe (out).
  4. (transitive) to exhale (something).
    He escaped the garage and will expire the carbon monoxide he had been breathing.

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Translations

die — see die
become invalid
exhale — see exhale
to exhale (something)

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French

Verb

expire

  1. first-person singular present indicative of expirer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of expirer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of expirer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of expirer
  5. second-person singular imperative of expirer

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Spanish

Verb

expire (infinitive expirar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of expirar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of expirar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of expirar.
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