expiration – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
expiration
n.
termination, end; exhalation
Expiration
expiration
Noun
1. a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"
(synonym) termination, expiry
(hypernym) end, ending
(derivation) run out, expire
2. euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
(synonym) passing, loss, departure, exit, going, release
(hypernym) death, decease
(derivation) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
3. the act of expelling air from the lungs
(synonym) exhalation, breathing out
(hypernym) breath
(hyponym) cough, coughing
(part-holonym) breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
(derivation) exhale, expire, breathe out
expiration
nf.
expiration, expiry
Expiration
(n.)
The last emission of breath; death.
(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.)
The act of expiring
(n.)
That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
(n.)
Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
(n.)
A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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