expire
to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer.
to emit the last breath; die.
to breathe out.
to die out, as a fire.
to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
Archaic. to give off, emit, or eject.
Origin of expire
1Other words from expire
- ex·pir·er, noun
- ex·pir·ing·ly, adverb
- non·ex·pir·ing, adjective
- un·ex·pired, adjective
- un·ex·pir·ing, adjective
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How to use expire in a sentence
Fairman confirmed that IBEW 465 this year signed a two-year contract extension with SDG&E, which expires in 2022.
What a Delayed Energy Contract Means for San Diego | MacKenzie Elmer | November 11, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWith those free trial periods beginning to expire this week, Disney executives are reportedly worried many of those people will not sign up for paid subscriptions.
TV networks cut costs to confront shrinking profits amid streaming shift | Tim Peterson | November 11, 2020 | DigidayBaker Mayfield’s five-day quarantine could expire Wednesday after he was placed on the covid-19 reserve list with the Cleveland Browns on their bye week.
Ben Roethlisberger among four Steelers players quarantined as coronavirus contacts | Mark Maske | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostPerwaiz’s license to practice medicine in Virginia expired in March.
Former Virginia doctor Javaid Perwaiz guilty of health-care fraud, performing unnecessary hysterectomies | Katie Mettler, Samantha Schmidt | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostYour chance to save up to $100 off your Search Marketing Expo pass expires this Saturday night.
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They already knew about Stalin expiring, as that was what the amnesty was for.
Prisoners Get Cultural Fix with 8-Tracks and Bootleg Cassettes | Daniel Genis | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith the expanded efforts expiring, there was no move in Congress to continue the largesse.
Later generations of medieval copyists would do the same—inserting doctrinal formulae into the mouths of expiring martyrs.
The Death of Jesus and the Rise of the Christian Persecution Myth | Candida Moss | March 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe knew the Bush tax cuts were expiring, we knew the sequestration cuts were coming in.
Fiscal Cliff a ‘Self-Inflicted Crisis,’ Says John Avlon | John Avlon | December 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJust this Monday, Facebook stock declined to $18.87 in intraday trading on concerns about the lockup expiring.
Early Investor Lockup Expires, But Facebook Gains Anyway | Matthew Zeitlin | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would seem that he did, as the historian tells us it soothed the agonies of the expiring hero.
Elsie's Vacation and After Events | Martha FinleyWhen Hank threw down the last expiring match, he caught a glimpse of something white on the flinty floor.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. EllisThat was Venice choked and expiring in the grip of her foreign rulers.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa GuiccioliHe endowed it with the spoils of defeated and expiring paganism.
This was the last aggressive effort of the expiring Confederacy in front of Petersburg, and it cost three thousand men.
The Civil War Through the Camera | Henry W. (Henry William) Elson
British Dictionary definitions for expire
/ (ɪkˈspaɪə) /
(intr) to finish or run out; cease; come to an end
to breathe out (air); exhale
(intr) to die
Origin of expire
1Derived forms of expire
- expirer, noun
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