verstrijken — meaning in English

English meaning

• expire verb To stop being valid or usable after a set time.
• lapse noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.

Senses

verstrijken is used for these senses in English:

• expire (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
• lapse A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

expire — full definition

1. verb To stop being valid or usable after a set time.
2. verb To die (a formal or literary use).

lapse — full definition

1. noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.
2. noun The ending of a right, agreement, or membership because it was left unused or not renewed.
3. verb To slip gradually into a worse state, bad habit, or silence.
4. verb To become invalid because a deadline passed or it was not renewed.

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