Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To come to an end; terminate.
- intransitive verb To breathe one's last breath; die.
- intransitive verb To exhale; breathe out.
- intransitive verb To breathe (something) out.
- intransitive verb Archaic To give (something) off.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To breathe out; expel from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; emit from the lungs: opposed to inspire.
- To give out or forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or volatile matter; exhale; yield.
- To exhaust; wear out; bring to an end.
- To emit the breath: opposed to inspire. Specifically
- To emit the last breath; die.
- To come to an end; close or conclude, as a given period; come to nothing; cease; terminate; fail or perish; end: as, the lease will expire on the first day of May; all his hopes of empire expired.
- To come out; fly out.
- Synonyms Perish, etc. See
die .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To emit the breath.
- intransitive verb To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die
- intransitive verb To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct
- intransitive verb obsolete To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
- transitive verb To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to
inspire . - transitive verb To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale
- transitive verb obsolete To emit; to give out.
- transitive verb obsolete To bring to a close; to terminate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to
die - verb intransitive to become
invalid - verb intransitive to
exhale ; tobreathe (out). - verb transitive to exhale (something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- verb expel air
- verb lose validity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Justice David Prosser, one of the four-justice unofficial conservative majority, sees his term expire this year.
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If conflicts come up, instead of taking all the group's time to address the issues you can simply let the term expire and the group dissolve.
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Marsh, a director since 2001, would have seen his term expire in 2012.
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Dictator during the years of the Republic had his term expire after only a year, yet during that year no-one would argue that during that year there was no dictatorship, even though they often stepped down willingly at the end of their term.
The Liberty Papers 2009
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Dictator during the years of the Republic had his term expire after only a year, yet during that year no-one would argue that during that year there was no dictatorship, even though they often stepped down willingly at the end of their term.
The Liberty Papers 2009
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Cindy Neathawk, who became vice chairwoman in 2008, will also see her term expire this year, but on Monday she asked the council to be appointed for another term.
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If conflicts come up, instead of taking all the group's time to address the issues you can simply let the term expire and the group dissolve.
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But if the term expire, pending the fuit, the plaintiff fhall not recover the poffef - fion, I JO Judgment where the plaintiflf hath a verdift only for part, Hid.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's United Progressive Alliance will see its term expire in May, and India's election rules mean that he can no longer enact any significant policies — a measure adopted to prevent incumbents from stacking the deck with populist sops.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's United Progressive Alliance will see its term expire in May, and India's election rules mean that he can no longer enact any significant policies — a measure adopted to prevent incumbents from stacking the deck with populist sops.
Prolagus commented on the word expire
A vampire in the sunlight.
March 25, 2009