"expire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/, /ɛkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-us-expire.oga [US] Forms: expires [present, singular, third-person], expiring [participle, present], expired [participle, past], expired [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin exspīrō, exspīrāre, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō, spīrāre (“breathe, be alive”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|expire}} Middle English expire, {{der|en|frm|expirer}} Middle French expirer, {{der|en|la|exspiro|exspīrō, exspīrāre}} Latin exspīrō, exspīrāre, {{m|la|ex-||out}} ex- (“out”), {{m|la|spīrō|spīrō, spīrāre|breathe, be alive}} spīrō, spīrāre (“breathe, be alive”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} expire (third-person singular simple present expires, present participle expiring, simple past and past participle expired)
  1. (intransitive) To die. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: die
    Sense id: en-expire-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Disambiguation of Death: 15 13 15 17 19 22
  2. (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Death Translations (become invalid): изтичам (iztičam) (Bulgarian), 失效 (shīxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), udløbe (Danish), aflopen (Dutch), vervallen (Dutch), verstrijken (Dutch), verlopen (Dutch), expirer (French), ablaufen (German), erlöschen (German), verfallen (German), lejár (Hungarian), érvényét veszti (Hungarian), kedaluwarsa (Indonesian), 失効する (shikkō suru) (Japanese), mōnehu (Maori), utløpe (Norwegian Bokmål), przeterminować się [perfective] (Polish), wygasać [imperfective] (Polish), wygasnąć [perfective] (Polish), vencer (Portuguese), expirar (Portuguese), истека́ть (istekátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), исте́чь (istéčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), scàdiri (Sicilian), spiriri (Sicilian), vencer (Spanish), caducar (Spanish), gå ut (Swedish), löpa ut (Swedish), hết hạn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-expire-en-verb-zrQ40mbU Disambiguation of Death: 15 13 15 17 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 14 28 33 19 5 Disambiguation of 'become invalid': 0 77 7 6 5 6
  3. (intransitive) To come to an end; to conclude. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-expire-en-verb-h4Tkb9Ub Disambiguation of Death: 15 13 15 17 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 34 41 12 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 14 28 33 19 5
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To exhale; to breathe out. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Death Translations (to exhale (something)): изпускам (izpuskam) (Bulgarian), 呼出 (hūchū) (Chinese Mandarin), uitademen (Dutch), uitblazen (Dutch), ausatmen (German), kilehel (Hungarian), kifúj (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-expire-en-verb-NNi61JKq Disambiguation of Death: 15 13 15 17 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 34 41 12 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 14 28 33 19 5 Disambiguation of 'to exhale (something)': 0 3 5 82 6 5
  5. (transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-expire-en-verb-4XeSQebA Disambiguation of Death: 15 13 15 17 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 34 41 12 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 14 28 33 19 5
  6. (transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-expire-en-verb-vj3d8dam Disambiguation of Death: 15 13 15 17 19 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exspire [obsolete] Derived forms: expiration, expiree, expiry Related terms: inspire, respiration, respire, spirit

Verb [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-expire.wav
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} expire
  1. inflection of expirer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-expire-fr-verb-29snfX07 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. inflection of expirer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-expire-fr-verb-zG45TA-u

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} expire
  1. inflection of expirar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: expirar
    Sense id: en-expire-pt-verb-eL1tEpjd Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of expirar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: expirar
    Sense id: en-expire-pt-verb-D7MtXDAJ

Verb [Romanian]

IPA: [ekˈspire]
Head templates: {{head|ro|verb form}} expire
  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of expira Tags: form-of, plural, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: expira
    Sense id: en-expire-ro-verb-TTpiElR8 Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} expire
  1. inflection of expirar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: expirar
    Sense id: en-expire-es-verb-eL1tEpjd Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of expirar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: expirar
    Sense id: en-expire-es-verb-D7MtXDAJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1843, Loring Dudley Chapin, (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
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        "(transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate."
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      "ipa": "/ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/"
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      "ipa": "/ɛkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/"
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      "word": "изтичам"
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "失效"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "vervallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "verstrijken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "verlopen"
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    {
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "expirer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "ablaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "erlöschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "verfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "lejár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "érvényét veszti"
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    {
      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "kedaluwarsa"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "失効する"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "mōnehu"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "utløpe"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wygasać"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "wygasnąć"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "vencer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "expirar"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "истека́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "istéčʹ",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "исте́чь"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "scàdiri"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "spiriri"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "vencer"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "caducar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "gå ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "löpa ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "become invalid",
      "word": "hết hạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpuskam",
      "sense": "to exhale (something)",
      "word": "изпускам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hūchū",
      "sense": "to exhale (something)",
      "word": "呼出"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exhale (something)",
      "word": "uitademen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exhale (something)",
      "word": "uitblazen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to exhale (something)",
      "word": "ausatmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to exhale (something)",
      "word": "kilehel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to exhale (something)",
      "word": "kifúj"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian non-lemma forms",
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        "inflection of expirar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
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        "inflection of expirar:\n"
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        "singular",
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