expiration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a coming to an end of a contract period
  2. noun euphemistic expressions for death
  3. noun the act of expelling air from the lungs

Etymology

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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Synonyms

termination, expiry

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