expiration

Meaning

1. (uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expiring.
2. (countable) An act, process, or instance of expiring.
3. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expiring.
4. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expiring.
5. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expiring.
6. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expiring.

Opposite of

inspiration, inhalation

Synonyms

expiry

termination

end

🔚

exhalation

breathing out

death

💀

lapse

passing

maturity

conclusion

departure

decease

case of death

exit

going

loss

release

outward breath

ending

dawn

the act of dying

expire

date

📅

fatality

finish

the end of life

halt

course

last

halitus

matureness

conglutination

passage

close

progress

termination of term

revolution

caducity

terminus

tip

union

become due

fall due

breathe out

bereavement

beginning

loss of life

efflux of time

last gasp

demise

Translations

expiration

scadenza

expiración

expiração

decorso

espirazione

muerte

💀

vencimento

son

fin

🔚

décès

💀

Ende

🔚

échéance

afloop

Verfall

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: expiracioun

In summary

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō. By surface analysis, expire + -ation.