expiration

[ ek-spuh-rey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.

  2. the act of expiring, or breathing out; emission of air from the lungs.

  1. Archaic. death.

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Origin of expiration

1
1375–1425; late Middle English expiracioun<Latin expīrātiōn- (stem of expīrātiō), equivalent to expīrāt(us) (past participle of ex(s)pīrāre to expire) + -iōn--ion

Other words from expiration

  • non·ex·pi·ra·tion, noun
  • pre·ex·pi·ra·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for expiration

expiration

/ (ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the finish of something; ending; expiry

  2. the act, process, or sound of breathing out

  1. rare a last breath; death

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Scientific definitions for expiration

expiration

[ ĕk′spə-rāshən ]


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