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Meaning of expire

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

expire

Pronunciation:/ɛkˈspaɪ.ə(ɹ)/

verb

Definitions

  1. To die.

    Example: The patient expired in hospital.

  2. To lapse and become invalid.

    Example: My library card will expire next week.

  3. To exhale; to breathe out.

  4. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.