expired

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past simple and past participle of

If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use:

My passport expires next month.

The contract between the two companies will expire at the end of the year.

to die:

He ceased to breathe, gently expiring without any struggle at the age of 90.

In 1936 the last Tasmanian tiger breathed its final breath and expired in a zoo in Hobart.

to breathe out or to breathe air out:

The patient inhales as much air as possible and then expires with maximum effort.

The device measures the amount of carbon dioxide expired by the patient's lungs.