December 22, 2024 Word of the Day
transpires; transpired; transpiring
The police are finding out how the accident transpired.
Definition of TRANSPIRE
1 [no object] formal : to happen
They wouldn't say what had transpired [=taken place] at the meeting.
No one will soon forget the historic events that transpired on that day.
2 [no object] formal : to become known — usually used with it
Her name, it transpired, was false. [=(less formally) it turned out that her name was false]
It transpired that they had met previously. [=we found out that they had met previously]
3 technical, of a plant : to have water evaporate from the surface of leaves
[no object]
A plant transpire more freely on a hot dry day.
[+ object]
Trees transpire water at a rapid rate.
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