expire

v., -pired, -pir·ing, -pires.

v.intr.

1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired.
2. To breathe one's last breath; die: The patient expired early this morning.
3. To exhale; breathe out.

v.tr.

1. To breathe (something) out.
2. Archaic. To give (something) off.

[Middle English expiren, from Old French expirer, from Latin exspīrāre : ex-, ex- + spīrāre, to breathe.]

1. Used as a verb to indicate the completion of the term of a subscription: for example, after service of the last issue on a periodical subscription, the subscription expires.

2. Used as a noun to refer to a subscriber record or group of records that have expired. Expires are usually maintained on the subscription file for six months after expire, enabling the seller to reactivate the subscription if it is renewed after expire. Lists of expires are also kept on an expire file for several years after expire to be used as a promotion and list rental file. After a few years, it is assumed that the addresses are no longer valid, and the lists are disposed of.

End, terminate.
Example: A 10-year lease that begins on July 1, 2005, is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2015, unless it is terminated earlier or extended.

verb

1. To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission: lapse, run out. See continue/stop/pause, law.
2. To cease to exist: die (away or out), disappear. See live/die.
3. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal pop off. Slang check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meetone's endMaker, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live/die.
4. To expel air in the process of respiration: breathe (out), exhale. See breath/breathlessness.

v

Definition: breathe out
Antonyms: breathe in, inhale

v

Definition: come to an end
Antonyms: bear, begin, commence, start

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1. to breathe out.
2. to die.

IN BRIEF: To come to an end. Also: to breathe out.

The coupon for the free pastry will expire next month.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - udløbe, udånde, dø
v. tr. - udånde

idioms:

• expiration date    udløbsdato

Nederlands (Dutch)
sterven, verstrijken, uitademen, vervallen, uitgaan

Français (French)
v. intr. - expirer, arriver à terme, rendre l'âme/le dernier soupir (littér), expirer (de l'air)
v. tr. - expirer, arriver à terme, s'essouffler

idioms:

• expiration date    date de péremption, date d'expiration

Deutsch (German)
v. - ablaufen, ausatmen

idioms:

• expiration date    Verfalldatum

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (φυσιολ.) εκπνέω, (μτφ.) (για προθεσμία κ.λπ.) εκπνέω, λήγω, παύω να ισχύω, πεθαίνω

idioms:

• expiration date    ημερομηνία λήξεως

Italiano (Italian)
spirare

idioms:

• expiration date    data di scadenza

Português (Portuguese)
v. - expirar (Med.), vencer (prazo) (Jur.)

idioms:

• expiration date    data (f) de vencimento

Русский (Russian)
истекать, испустить последний вздох

idioms:

• expiration date    срок годности

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - fallecer, expirar, pasar, caducar, cumplir, vencer
v. tr. - espirar

idioms:

• expiration date    fecha de caducidad

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gå ut, upphöra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
期满, 断气, 呼气, 呼出

idioms:

• expiration date    截止日期, 有效期限

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 期滿, 斷氣, 呼氣
v. tr. - 呼出

idioms:

• expiration date    截止日期, 有效期限

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 만기가 되다, 숨을 거두다, 숨을 내쉬다, 소멸하다
v. tr. - 내쉬다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 満了する, 息を引き取る, 満期になる, 失効する, 息を吐く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينقضي, ينتهي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פקע, הסתיים, מת‬
v. tr. - ‮נשף‬

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