{
    "term": "expire",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "expire",
            "heSheIt": "expires"
        },
        "pastSimple": "expired",
        "pastParticiple": "expired",
        "ingForm": "expiring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be no longer legally acceptable because the period of time for which it could be used has ended",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When does your driving licence expire?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our lease on the house expires next month."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + expire": ["be due to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to end",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His term of office expires at the end of June."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + expire": ["be due to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to die",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She had expired while bearing her son."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expire__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪəz/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expires__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪəd/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expired__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expiring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪər/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expire__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərz/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expires__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərd/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expired__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspaɪərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/expire/expiring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspirare ‘breathe out’, from ex- ‘out’ + spirare ‘breathe’."
}