HOW TO PRONOUNCE
expire
/ɪkˈspaɪɹ/
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What does expire mean?
verb
- To die.
- To lapse and become invalid.
- To come to an end; to conclude.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To exhale; to breathe out.
- To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
- To bring to a close; to terminate.
- To cause to lapse; to invalidate.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪkˈspaɪɹ/
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Ev’n in the sight of home, the wretched sire Looks on, and sees his helpless son expire.
“Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I’ll stay. If he shot me so, I’d expire with a blessing on my lips.”
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For I am generally disinterested in my love, and think I could be content to make a figure before Miss Larkins, and expire.
If we do not possess the clue, we shall infallibly perish in the attempt, and our thoughts and our memory will expire with us.
‘More than a hundred lovely daughters I see produced at one time, fiery as roses: in one moment they expire gracefully circumvolving.’