expiration
An act, process, or instance of expiringAn act, process, or instance of expiring.: The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
» Every difficulty has an expiration date.
Meaning
6 sensesAn 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
(countable)A single outward breath.
labored expirations
(countable, uncountable)Other similar release of volatile matter.
(countable, euphemistic, uncountable)The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
(countable, uncountable)Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.
expiration date
(countable, uncountable)That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
Examples
13 sentencesEvery difficulty has an expiration date.
Why do cosmetics have an expiration date?
ruПочему у косметики есть срок годности?
This food is past its expiration date.
deDiese Lebensmittel sind abgelaufen.
What's the expiration date on your passport?
Always check the expiration date before using ingredients.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
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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Forms
plural: expirations| Singular | expiration |
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Synonyms
36 synonyms- the act of expelling air from the lungs:exhalationbreathing out
- a coming to an end of a contract period:terminationexpiry
- euphemistic expressions for death:passinglossdepartureexitgoingrelease
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable