Definitions for expire

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expire ex·pire

Spelling: [ik-spahyuh r]

IPA: /ɪkˈspaɪər/

Expire is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in expire (eeiprx).

Definitions for expire

verb (used with object)

1. to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
2. Archaic. to give off, emit, or eject.

verb (used without object)

1. to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer.
2. to emit the last breath; die.
3. to breathe out.
4. to die out, as a fire.

Origin of expire

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + spīrāre to breathe

Examples for expire

Mr. Adams's term of service in the Senate was to expire on March 3, 1809.

Those negotiations are set to expire at the end of November.

He was hunted like a wild beast, till ready to expire with fatigue.

The corporal's leave did not expire till the evening of the following day.

Higher courts, including the Supreme Court had refused to intercede, and the stay was to expire tonight.

Or if some victim must expire, strike here, and I will thank thee.

Rosseter's lease of the building was to expire in the following year.

Advocates stress that vets would suffer if the program were to expire in September.

Patents, may I remind you, expire after 20 years, but copyrights to recordings can be enforced for a century or more.

The temporary reduction of Social Security payroll taxes was allowed to expire in early 2013.