"expire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪkˈspaɪ.ə(r)/ Audio: en-us-expire.oga [US] Forms: expire [canonical], expires [third-person, singular], expired [past], expired [past, participle], expiring [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|expir|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone expires, they die. Synonyms: die, pass away
    Sense id: simple-expire-en-verb-HZYifvK1 Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If something expires, it ends, usually becoming invalid.
    Sense id: simple-expire-en-verb-zYfsKszg Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If food or medicine expires, it passes its expiration date, or the date it should not be eaten.
    Sense id: simple-expire-en-verb-BSqc3cKX Categories (other): Verbs
  4. If you expire, you breathe out. Synonyms: exhale
    Sense id: simple-expire-en-verb-pg0UP5iz
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