Meaning

6 senses
  1. An act, process, or instance of expiring.

    (uncountable)The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.

    Holonym: respiration

    crackles heard on expiration

    the act of expelling air from the lungs

  2. (countable)A single outward breath.

    labored expirations

  3. (countable, uncountable)Other similar release of volatile matter.

  4. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable)The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.

    expiration date

  6. (countable, uncountable)That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Every difficulty has an expiration date.

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  2. Why do cosmetics have an expiration date?

    ruПочему у косметики есть срок годности?

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  3. This food is past its expiration date.

    deDiese Lebensmittel sind abgelaufen.

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  4. What's the expiration date on your passport?

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  5. Always check the expiration date before using ingredients.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem,

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō. By surface analysis, expire + -ation.

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