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expiration

Syllables: ex·pir·a·tion/ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/US/ˌɛk.spɚˈeɪ̯.ʃən/

expiration noun: the act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.

Noun

expiration (countable and uncountable, plural expirations)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
    • Holonym: respiration
    • crackles heard on expiration
    Synonyms:
    exhalation
  2. (countable) A single outward breath.
    • labored expirations
    Synonyms:
    exhalation
  3. Other similar release of volatile matter.
    Synonyms:
    emission
  4. (euphemistic) The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
  5. Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.
    • expiration date
    Synonyms:
    termination, end
  6. That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

expiration meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Sanskrit

expiration in Tamil

நிச்சுவாசம், வடுமூச்சு, வெளி மூச்சு, வெளிச்சுவாசம், வெளிமூச்சு

expiration in Urdu

انقضا, موت, وفات

expiration in Bengali

মৃতু্য, শেষ, শ্বাসত্যাগ

expiration in Sanskrit

coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end
उपरम uparama
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expiration in Assamese
নিশাহ nixah
expiration in Tagalog
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Examples of expiration in a sentence

  • As an option's expiration date approaches only its moneyness has value.
  • Making this cake mix eleven years past the expiration date, because YOLO!
  • It's two bucks out of the money now, but it still has three weeks until expiration.

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Synonyms of expiration

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Antonyms

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Forms of expiration

pluralexpirations
alternative form (obsolete)exspiration

Plural of expiration: expirations

Origin of expiration

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō. By surface analysis, expire + -ation.

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Questions about expiration

What does expiration mean?
Expiration means the act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
What is expiration in Tamil?
Expiration in Tamil is நிச்சுவாசம், வடுமூச்சு, வெளி மூச்சு. See Expiration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is expiration?
Expiration is a noun.
How do you pronounce expiration?
Expiration is pronounced /ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of expiration?
The plural of expiration is expirations.

Words near expiration in the dictionary

  1. expilators
  2. expirability
  3. expirable
  4. expirant
  5. expirants
  6. expiration
  7. expiration date
  8. expiration dates
  9. expiration time
  10. expiration times
  11. expirational

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: expiration (page history and authors); expiration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); expiration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); expiration (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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