expire

🇺🇸 /ɪkˈspaɪər/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
intransitive verb
C1

to become no longer valid after a set time

My driver's license will expire next year, so I need to renew it.

C1

to come to an end

The contract will expire at midnight, so we must sign it today.

R

to die

The patient sadly expired after a long illness.

translation

vi. to become no longer valid after a set time; to come to an end; to die

Word Forms

3rd Present expires
Past expired
Perfect expired
Progressive expiring