expireex‧pire /ɪkˈspaɪə $ -ˈspaɪr/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] 
Word Origin Examples
My passport expires next week. players whose contracts expire this summerexpire in/on/at My driving licence expires in March. The lease on the flat expired on June 14th.► see thesaurus at end2if a period of time when someone has a particular position of authority expires, it ends: The chairman’s term of office has already expired.3literary if someone expires, they die: Ophelia expires in Act IV of Hamlet.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINexpire
Verb TableOrigin:
1300-1400 French expirer, from Latin exspirare, from spirare ‘to breathe’VERB TABLE
expire
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | expire |
| he, she, it | expires | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | expired |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have expired |
| he, she, it | has expired | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had expired |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will expire |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have expired |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am expiring |
| he, she, it | is expiring | |
| you, we, they | are expiring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was expiring |
| you, we, they | were expiring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been expiring |
| he, she, it | has been expiring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been expiring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be expiring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been expiring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- I'm afraid we can't accept this credit card -- it expired last week.
- My driver's license expires on October 12.
- She retired six months before her contract expired.
- The chairman's term of office expires at the end of March.
- Your passport will expire ten years from the issue date.
- Between 1775 and 1800, when their patent expired, 321 steam-engines were built.
- In the natural scheme of things, Glover should have expired on the day Johnson was born.
- The government is now operating under a temporary measure, or continuing resolution, that expires at the end of next week.
- The offer expires on Feb. 1.
- Unless the Commission extends this period, parties may conclude a merger after the three week period has expired.
THESAURUS► end
Collocations if a event, activity, or story ends, it stops happening: · How does the story end?· The school year ends in June.
► finish to end – use this about an organized event such as a meeting, party, or lesson, especially when saying what time it ends: · The meeting will finish at 5.30.· What time does your Spanish class finish?
► be over if an event, activity, or period of time is over, it has ended: · I can’t wait for our exams to be over.· The long summer vacation was almost over.
► come to an end to finally end – used about a period of time, a situation, or an activity that has continued for a long time: · The war finally came to an end six years later.
► draw to an end/to a close written to end gradually over a period of time – used in written descriptions: · These problems still remained as the twentieth century drew to an end.
► time is up if time is up, you are not allowed any more time to do something: · I wasn’t able to finish the test before the time was up.
► time runs out if time runs out, there is no more time available to do something, especially something important: · The desperate search for survivors continues, but time is running out.
► expire formal if a ticket, bank card, legal document etc expires, the period of time during which you can use it has ended: · I’m afraid we can’t accept this credit card – it expired last week.
► be at an end if something is at an end, it has ended: · We both knew that our marriage was at an end.· The long wait was at an end.
Longman Language Activatorwhen the time in which you can use tickets etc finishes► run out if a ticket, document, or agreement runs out , it can no longer be used or no longer has any legal or official value: · I want to use this train ticket before it runs out.· The lease on the shop runs out soon.· The current treaty runs out at the end of this year.
► expire if a ticket, bank card, legal document etc expires , the period of time during which it can legally be used has ended: · I'm afraid we can't accept this credit card -- it expired last week.· Your passport will expire ten years from the issue date.· She retired six months before her contract expired.
WORD SETS► Deathasphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody’s membership expires/lapses
1if an official document expires, it can no longer be legally used SYN run out: (=it comes to an end)· We will send you a letter when your membership is about to expire.
► somebody's visa expires/runs out (=it ends)· I had 14 days to leave the country because my visa had expired.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► agreement· That agreement is about to expire.· Tomorrow, talks are scheduled to begin on a new musicians contract to replace the collective bargaining agreement that expired Friday.· This agreement will expire in March 1987, and it has been decided not to renew it.· The old agreement expired October 28.· The agreements expired in 1992 and were not renewed, because they afforded the kind of protection banned under international trade agreements.· The temporary funding agreement expires at the end of the week.· The two companies' original three-year joint-venture agreement is expiring.· The bad news is that the current basic agreement expires Oct. 31.
► authority· The authority will expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 1994.· The settlement put a Dec. 31 deadline on meeting conditions of the agreement or the purchasing authority would expire.· Both these authorities expire on the date of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.· That authority will expire at the end of this year's Annual General Meeting and Resolution 9 seeks a renewal of it.
► contract· They are the only members of the first-team squad whose contracts expire at the end of the season.· The February crude contract expires Monday after Nymex floor trading ends.· Well, the answer is that my contract expires after six more commercials.· His contract expires at the end of this season, and there should be more than a few teams interested.· Despite calls for his head, Taylor yesterday pledged to stay on until his contract expires after the World Cup in 1994.· He moved his family to Beverly Hills in 1919 and made twelve pictures before the contract expired.· A fixed-term contract naturally expires at the end of the contract period.· The contracts are due to expire in July, and a decision on the new three-year contracts are due in the spring.
► end· They are the only members of the first-team squad whose contracts expire at the end of the season.· A restriction that he refrain from counseling women will expire at the end of this month.· You will be required to vacate the land on six months notice expiring at the end of any month. 5.· His contract expires at the end of this season, and there should be more than a few teams interested.· A fixed-term contract naturally expires at the end of the contract period.· His contract there was due to expire at the end of this month.· His cooling-off period does not expire until the end of seven days following the acceptance.· The temporary funding agreement expires at the end of the week.
► lease· This set me up so that, when the lease expired, I found backers to move one.· Several of the leases are set to expire this year.· The term of the lease is limited to expire in 2015.· And when the lease expires, their flats become the landlord's property.· The reader does not disclose the term of the original lease which expired on 25 March 1991.· It closed only last Christmas, when the lease expired.· The lease has now expired and a compulsory purchase order has been placed.· As the original lease had expired, a new Committee was appointed to consider how best to make the garden viable.
► midnight· The offer expired at midnight yesterday as scheduled.· The bills would replace a temporary spending bill that expires at midnight Friday.
► month· Gullit's lucrative contract expires next month and he has yet to agree another one.· The company said it expects between one-half to two-thirds of eligible workers to accept the offer, which expires later this month.
► offer· Shah made a counter offer, which expired last night, with a £1m premium.· The offer expired at midnight yesterday as scheduled.· The offer expires on Feb. 1.· The offer expired at 12: 00 midnight, New York City time, on August 30, 2000.· The company said it expects between one-half to two-thirds of eligible workers to accept the offer, which expires later this month.
► period· The payment had originally been due on April 1 but the Toronto-based company had a grace period which expired on Thursday.· The state had 30 days to appeal, a period that expired this week.· Unless the Commission extends this period, parties may conclude a merger after the three week period has expired.· Yet he can still play for his former club while he waits for the clearing period to expire.· Apply before the first priority period has expired.· By the time this letter is published, the Faculty examination consultation period will have expired.· His cooling-off period does not expire until the end of seven days following the acceptance.· In such circumstances the seller is not entitled to refuse delivery unless the agreed period has already expired.
► tax· The matured loan notes can be rolled over indefinitely until the tax liability expires.· The tax expired last Dec. 31, a casualty of a congressional budget impasse in Washington.· The current tax expires next October.· With the tax expired, most airlines also have cut their fares accordingly.· A tax break also expired for hiring young people, certain veterans and other targeted groups, according to Woolf.
► term· Sartzetakis's term was due to expire on March 30.· Polanco's office said the Senate majority leader will instead fulfill his term, which expires in 2002.· His current four-year term expires next year.· He has scheduled a phony parliamentary election for October 15, and his own term expires next year.· One day, Cyprian called for new elections for steward, even though the old terms had not expired.· In return he would be allowed to continue in office, with his term not due to expire until 1996.
► time· The allotted air time had expired.· The 70 day time limit had expired, and the prosecutor sought an extension of time, which was refused.· In time honoured tradition, the players returned well after the curfew time had expired.
► year· The numbers of tenancies expiring each year are approximately equal.· His current four-year term expires next year.· He has scheduled a phony parliamentary election for October 15, and his own term expires next year.· Several of the leases are set to expire this year.· The sentences of many of them had expired 17 years ago.
► years· The sentences of many of them had expired 17 years ago.· And rents, mostly above-market rates currently, could fall once leases begin to expire in coming years.· Those compacts expire after 10 years.
VERB► schedule· Approval for the money is scheduled to expire by the end of March unless the committee acts.
My passport expires next week. players whose contracts expire this summerexpire in/on/at My driving licence expires in March. The lease on the flat expired on June 14th.► see thesaurus at end2if a period of time when someone has a particular position of authority expires, it ends: The chairman’s term of office has already expired.3literary if someone expires, they die: Ophelia expires in Act IV of Hamlet.