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expired

USik-SPYRD/ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)d/UKik-SPY-uhd/ɪkˈspaɪəd/

4 meanings of expired

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  1. 1
    adjective
    No longer able to be used because its date has passed.

    Like a bus ticket that no longer works once its day is over.

    My gym membership is expired, so I had to sign up again.

    She tried to use an expired coupon at the store.

    Similarlapsed, invalid, void, outdated

    Oppositevalid, current

  2. 2
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of expire. Use it for something that has come to an end.

    The free trial expired after one month.

    My bus pass expired yesterday.

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  3. 3
    adjective
    No longer alive, or dead.

    The doctor looked at the expired patient and shook his head.

    Staff quietly wheeled the expired man out of the ward.

    Similardead, deceased, lifeless

    Oppositeliving

  4. 4
    adjective
    Breathed out from the lungs.

    Like the warm air you blow out onto a cold window.

    Doctors measured the carbon dioxide in his expired air.

    The mask collected each breath of expired air for testing.

    Oppositeinspired

expired is a form of expire

expire, verb: To stop being valid after a set date or time. Full entry

Forms
expireexpires he/she/itexpiring -ing formexpired past tense, past participle
Spelling
expire → expired: add -d

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