expire

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To die.
2. (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
3. (intransitive) To come to an end; to conclude.
4. (ambitransitive) To exhale; to breathe out.
5. (transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
6. (transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate.

Opposite of

inspire

Synonyms

die

💀

pass away

decease

perish

end

🔚

conk

buy the farm

terminate

run out

go

come to an end

croak

pass

breathe out

elapse

exit

check out

kick the bucket

end up

pop off

drop dead

choke

snuff it

give up the ghost

cash in one’s chips

exhale

mature

demise

give-up the ghost

finish

lapse

fall due

succumb

pass on

breathe one’s last

disappear

stop

🛑

ring down the curtain

depart

retreat

be dead

flow out

conclude

cease

become due

withdraw

vanish

march off

cease to be

old

🧓

Translations

expirer

sterben

💀

morire

💀

expirar

💀

scadere

sterven

💀

ablaufen

doodgaan

💀

mourir

💀

morir

💀

morrer

💀

ölmek

💀

εκπνέω

verscheiden

décéder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: expire

In summary

From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, exspīrō, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō (“breathe, be alive”).