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Plural of expiration

regular plural

The plural of expiration is expirations.

Forms of expiration

Singularexpiration /ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/
Pluralexpirations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Expirations in a sentence

  • Her breath-holding increased in duration to almost a minute; her expirations became complicated by stridor, forced retching, and forced phonations ('Oouuggh!').1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings, New York: Vintage, published 1999, page 50. From the entry stridor

Meaning of expiration

  1. noun The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
  2. noun A single outward breath.
  3. noun Other similar release of volatile matter.

Full definition of expiration

Questions about the plural of expiration

What is the plural of expiration?
The plural of expiration is expirations.
Is expiration countable?
Expiration is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: expiration (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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