Topic: DEATH
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | expirer, from Latin exspirare, from spirare 'to breathe' |
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ex‧pire
[intransitive]
[intransitive]1 if an official document expires, it can no longer be legally used [= run out]: My passport expires next week. players whose contracts expire this summer
My passport expires next week.players whose contracts expire this summer2 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.
The chairman's term of office has already expired.3 literaryMX if someone expires, they die : Ophelia expires in Act IV of Hamlet.
Ophelia expires in Act IV of Hamlet.