asylum
To place in an asylumTo place in an asylum
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Meaning
2 senses(dated)To place in an asylum
(dated)To grant protection or refuge
Examples
85 sentencesI'm requesting political asylum.
Я прошу політичного притулку. — deniko
ruЯ прошу политического убежища. — marafon
deIch beantrage politisches Asyl. — Jens_Odo
I need political asylum.
Я потребую політичного притулку. — deniko
ruМне нужно получить политическое убежище. — marafon
deIch brauche politisches Asyl. — pullnosemans
Tom has applied for political asylum.
ruТом попросил политического убежища. — marafon
All of us plan to apply for asylum.
All three of those men are asylum seekers.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
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Forms
asylums, asyluming, asylumed, asylumedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.