expire

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ex·pire [expire expires expired expiring] BrE [ɪkˈspaɪə(r)] NAmE [ɪkˈspaɪər] verb
1. intransitive (of a document, an agreement, etc.)to be no longer valid because the period of time for which it could be used has ended
Syn: ↑run out
•When does your driving licence expire?
•Our lease on the house expires next month.
2. intransitive (of a period of time, especially one during which sb holds a position of authority)to end
•His term of office expires at the end of June.
3. intransitive (literary)to die
see also ↑unexpired
Derived Word: ↑expired
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspirare ‘breathe out’, from ex- ‘out’ + spirare ‘breathe’.

Example Bank:
•She had expired while bearing her son.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  exhale, breathe out, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, run out
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  inhale, inspire, breathe in