Expiry - English meaning

noun

The fact or process of ending or being brought to an end.

Usage examples:

The cessation of hostilities

noun

The ending of a condition or the stopping of an activity

Usage examples:

[ c usually sing ] a cessation of violence

noun

The fact of something ending or stopping

Usage examples:

The company has now stopped trading and has announced the cessation of its business.

noun

The end or finish of an event, process, or text.

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The conclusion of world war two

noun

A decision made after a lot of consideration

Usage examples:

Dr. gille couldn’t reach any conclusions based on the symptoms i described., [ + that clause ] we c…

noun

A decision or judgment that is made after careful thought

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The findings and conclusions of the report are simply guidelines, not rulings., reach/come to/draw …

noun

The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

Usage examples:

He had been depressed since the death of his father

noun

The end of life

Usage examples:

[ c ] a sudden/natural death, [ u ] i hope she finds the peace in death she never found in life., […

noun

Extremely bored, frightened, etc.

Usage examples:

She's frightened to death of snakes.

noun

A person's death.

Usage examples:

He held the post until his untimely decease in 1991

verb

Die.

Usage examples:

He deceased at his palace of croydon

noun

A person's death

Usage examples:

The house will not be yours till after your mother's decease.

noun

A person's death.

Usage examples:

Mr grisenthwaite's tragic demise

verb

Convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease.

Usage examples:

The manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms

noun

The end of the operation or existence of something

Usage examples:

Huge corporate farms have led to the demise of many small, family-owned farms.

noun

The action of ceasing to do or provide something, especially something that has been provided on a regular basis.

Usage examples:

The discontinuation of the product was a surprise to many

noun

The act of stopping doing or providing something

Usage examples:

He favoured the discontinuation of laboratory studies of dolphins., with success in eradicating sma…

adjective

On the point of death.

Usage examples:

He visited his dying mother

verb

(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living.

Usage examples:

He died of tuberculosis

Present participle of die

noun

A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.

Usage examples:

The end of the year

verb

Come or bring to a final point; finish.

Usage examples:

When the war ended, policy changed

suffix

Denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.

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Dividend

verb

Bring (a task or activity) to an end; complete.

Usage examples:

They were straining to finish the job

noun

An end or final part or stage of something.

Usage examples:

A bowl of raspberries was the perfect finish to the meal

verb

To come to an end

Usage examples:

[ i ] the meeting should finish at four o’clock., [ t ] if you’ll let me finish my sentence, i’ll e…

noun

Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.

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Then there are those who brim with passion not just for the state-approved quietus, but with fury f…

noun

The action of terminating something or the fact of being terminated.

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The termination of a contract

noun

The act of ending something, or the end of something

Usage examples:

Executive directors are entitled to 12 months' notice of termination of their contracts., all benef…