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noun
End; termination; expiration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of expiration date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: expiration date
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the event of dying or departure from life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: death, decease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alteration, modification
Narrower terms: fatality, human death, martyrdom, megadeath, passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release, wrongful death, Crucifixion
noun
a coming to an end of a contract period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: termination, expiration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: end, ending
History
From expire + -y.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
