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expire(dictionary)

expire (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: expirer, from Latin exspirare, from spirare 'to breathe']
if an official document expires, it can no longer be legally used
-synonym run out run out
::My passport expires next week.
::players whose contracts expire this summer
expire in/on/at
::My driving licence expires in March.
::The lease on the flat expired on June 14th.
if a period of time when someone has a particular position of authority expires, it ends
::The chairman's term of office has already expired.
literary if someone expires, they die
::Ophelia expires in Act IV of Hamlet.