expired
USik-SPYRD/ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)d/UKik-SPY-uhd/ɪkˈspaɪəd/
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- 2Simple 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.
Note
- 3
- 4Breathed 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
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expired is a form of expire
expire, verb: To stop being valid after a set date or time. Full entry
- Spelling
- expire → expired: add -d
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