Expiration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of coming to a close; termination: the expiration of a contract.
  • n. The act of breathing out; exhalation.
  • n. Archaic Death.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of expiring
  • n. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
  • n. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
  • n. The last emission of breath; death.
  • n. A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
  • n. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of expiring.
  • n. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; ; -- opposed to inspiration.
  • n. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
  • n. The last emission of breath; death.
  • n. A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
  • n. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of breathing out; expulsion of air from the lungs in the process of respiration: opposed to inspiration.
  • n. The last emission of breath; cessation; death.
  • n. Close; end; conclusion; termination: as, the expiration of a month or year; the expiration of a contract or a lease.
  • n. That which is produced by audible expiring or breathing out, as a sound.
  • n. Emission of volatile matter from any substance; evaporation; exhalation: as, the expiration of oxygen by plants.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of expelling air from the lungs
  • n. euphemistic expressions for death
  • n. a coming to an end of a contract period
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    death    decease    expiry    end    ending   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    exhalation    death    cessation    extinction    termination    end   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    expiry    issuance    maturity    renewal    volatility