Past tense of expire
regular verb
The past tense of expire is expired. The past participle is also expired.
Forms of expire
| Base form (V1) | expire /ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | expired |
| Past participle (V3) | expired |
| Present participle | expiring |
| Third person singular | expires |
Expired in a sentence
- The patient expired in hospital.
- People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168
- Her expression changed from joy to misery after realising her winning lottery ticket had expired.From the entry expression
- The police pulled me over for driving with an expired rego.From the entry rego
- That's a thing?” I'd just assumed that what we had taken was expired supply.2022, Ling Ma, “G”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry next-gen
Meaning of expire
- verb To die.
- verb To lapse and become invalid.
- verb To come to an end; to conclude.
Questions about the past tense of expire
- What is the past tense of expire?
- The past tense of expire is expired.
- What is the past participle of expire?
- The past participle of expire is expired.
- Is expire a regular or irregular verb?
- Expire is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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