Meaning

7 senses

  1. (intransitive)To die.

    The patient expired in hospital.

  2. (intransitive)To lapse and become invalid.

    My library card will expire next week.

    ablaufen, erlöschen, verfallen

    истека́тьistekátʹ, исте́чьistéčʹ

  3. (intransitive)To come to an end; to conclude.

  4. (ambitransitive)To exhale; to breathe out.

    ausatmen

  5. (transitive)To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.

  6. (transitive)To bring to a close; to terminate.

  7. (transitive)To cause to lapse; to invalidate.

    The site expires cached pages that are older than 24 hours.

More definitions
  • expel air
  • lose validity
  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Examples

146 sentences

  1. My driver's license will expire next week.

    У мого водійського посвідчення наступного тижня закінчується строк дії. — deniko

    ruСрок действия моих водительских прав истекает на следующей неделе. — Lenin_1917

    deMein Führerschein läuft nächste Woche ab. — xtofu80

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  2. Your driver's license has expired.

    Твої водійські права прострочені. — deniko

    ruВаши водительские права просрочены. — Balamax

    deDein Führerschein ist abgelaufen. — xtofu80

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  3. Tom's contract expires October twentieth.

    Контракт Тома закінчується двадцятого жовтня. — deniko

    ruКонтракт Тома истекает двадцатого октября. — odexed

    deToms Vertrag läuft am 20. Oktober aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom's driver's license has expired.

    У Тома скінчився термін дії водійських прав. — deniko

    ruСрок действия водительских прав Тома истек. — BW

    deToms Führerschein ist abgelaufen. — Melang

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  5. Tom's passport will expire next month.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
become invalid:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
become invalid:
to exhale (something):

Origin

From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, exspīrō, from e

From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, exspīrō, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō (“breathe, be alive”).

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Forms

expires, expiring, expired, expired
Base formexpire · to expire
3rd person singularexpires
Present participleexpiring
Past simpleexpired
Past participleexpired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexpire
he, she, itexpires

Past simpleLesson

all personsexpired

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave expired
he, she, ithas expired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill expire

Synonyms

94 synonyms
codeA1departB1exitB1passA2sinkB1succumbC2assume room temperatureauger inbe gathered to one's fathersbite the big onebite the biscuitbite the dustbuy the farmbuy it
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
inspireB1

Word family

10 related words
RelatedinspireB1respirationB2spiritB1expirationrespireexpiratory
Derivedexpirableexpireeexpiryunexpire

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • contract expires
  • expires on october
  • contract expired on
  • passport expires
  • offer expires

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
expertiseexpertlyexpirationexpiryexplainA2explainableexplanationA2

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