Meaning

1 senses
  1. An expatriate; a person temporarily residing in a foreign nation, often for an occupation, training, or education.

More definitions
  • a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Expats by definition are "ambassadors" of their homelands.

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  2. Tom is an expat.

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  3. He's an Algerian expat living in Germany.

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  4. Yanni's parents live in Algeria as expats.

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  5. A lot of Chinese expats are living in Algeria.

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Origin

Clipping of expatriate.

Clipping of expatriate.

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Forms

plural: expats
Singularexpat
Pluralexpats

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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