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{
"term": "expire",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "expire",
"heSheIt": "expires"
},
"pastSimple": "expired",
"pastParticiple": "expired",
"ingForm": "expiring"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be no longer legally acceptable because the period of time for which it could be used has ended",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When does your driving licence expire?"
},
{
"text": "Our lease on the house expires next month."
}
],
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"verb + expire": ["be due to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to end",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His term of office expires at the end of June."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + expire": ["be due to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to die",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She had expired while bearing her son."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expire__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪəz/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expires__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪəd/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expired__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expiring__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪər/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expire__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərz/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expires__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərd/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expired__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ex/expire/expiring__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspirare ‘breathe out’, from ex- ‘out’ + spirare ‘breathe’."
}