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TRANSPIRE definition: 1. If it transpires that something has happened, this previously secret or unknown fact becomes…. Learn more.
1. : to take place : go on, occur. 2. a. : to become known or apparent : develop. b. : to be revealed : come to light. 3. : to give off vaporous material. specifically : to give off or exude watery vapor especially from the surfaces of leaves. 4. : to pass in the form of a vapor from a living body. transitive verb.
to occur; happen; take place. to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves. to escape, as moisture or odor, through or as if through pores. to be revealed or become known.
Definitions of transpire. verb. come about, happen, or occur. “Several important events transpired last week” see more. verb. come to light; become known. “It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany” see more. verb. pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas. synonyms: transpirate. see more. verb.
Definition of transpire verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. 1.(intransitive) to come to light; be known. 2.(intransitive) informal. to happen or occur. 3. physiology. to give off or exhale (water or vapour) through the skin, a mucous membrane, etc. 4. (of plants) to lose (water in the form of water vapour), esp through the stomata of the leaves.
1. To come about; happen or occur. 2. To become known; come to light. 3. To give off vapor containing waste products, as through animal or plant pores. v.tr. To give off (vapor containing waste products) through the pores of the skin or the stomata of plant tissue.
verb. transpired, transpires, transpiring. To cause (vapor, moisture, etc.) to pass through tissue or other permeable substances, esp. through the pores of the skin or the surface of leaves, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To be given off, passed through pores, exhaled, etc. Webster's New World. To come to pass; happen.
transpire /trænˈspaɪə/ vb. ( intransitive) to come to light; be known. ( intransitive) informal to happen or occur. to give off or exhale (water or vapour) through the skin, a mucous membrane, etc. (of plants) to lose (water in the form of water vapour), esp through the stomata of the leaves.
Britannica Dictionary 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.
