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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
transpire
tran·spire [transpire transpires transpired transpiring] BrE [trænˈspaɪə(r)] NAmE [trænˈspaɪər] verb (formal) 1. transitive (not usually used in the progressive tenses)~ that… if it transpires that sth has happened or is true, it is known or has been shown to be true •It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. •This story, it later transpired, was untrue. 2. intransitive to happen •You're meeting him tomorrow? Let me know what transpires. 3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (biology)when plants or leaves transpire, water passes out from their surface Verb forms: Word Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘emit as vapour through the surface’): from French transpirer or medieval Latin transpirare, from Latin trans- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’. Senses 1 and 2 (mid 18th cent.) are figurative uses comparable with “leak out”.
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