expire - transcription, translation and pronunciation online

Transcription and pronunciation of the word "expire" in British and American variants. Detailed translation and examples.

expire
[ɪkˈspaɪər]
[-ˈspaɪr]
Definitions
verb
(of a document, authorization, or agreement) cease to be valid, typically after a fixed period of time.
the old contract had expired
exhale (air) from the lung.
The vocal cords vibrate when air is expired through the glottis, creating sound waves in the column of air within the pharynx, nose, and mouth.
Examples
According to school legend they were taken to the sanatorium, where they would expire after a week or so without ever being able to utter another word.
On the plus side, the fact that I'm here means I didn't expire in a blazing fireball.
You will of course be aware that unless the council decides otherwise, your Agreement will expire automatically on 31 March 2004 and no funding will be payable after then in any event.
The credit period extended by this Agreement shall expire in any event fifty-one weeks from the date of this Agreement.
If someone starves, a hero will give up their own food and die before letting that person expire .
If two doctors agree that the condition has reached the point of no return then it should be agreed to let the person expire with dignity.
Ex-patriots must make extra trips to the police station permit section if the documents often expire at different times.
The vocal cords vibrate when air is expired through the glottis, creating sound waves in the column of air within the pharynx, nose, and mouth.
Second was the class of persons who had exceptional leave with a limit on duration, where that duration had not expired when they left and then returned to the United Kingdom.
An index of alcohol intoxication was measured with a fuel-cell analyzer in air expired after breath was held for 15 sec.