expatriate
To banish; to drive or force from his own country; to make an exile ofTo banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
» Tom is an expatriate.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
expatriieren, ausweisen
(intransitive)To withdraw from one’s native country.
auswandern
expel from a country
(intransitive)To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
эмигри́роватьemigrírovatʹ
Examples
6 sentencesTom is an expatriate.
Algeria has a big expatriated population.
She wants to expatriate.
I work with a group of Algerian expatriates.
With JAL tickets so expensive, expatriates flew Air Iraq.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
The verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from MedievalThe verb is first attested in 1787, the adjective and noun in 1812; borrowed from Medieval Latin expatriātus, perfect passive participle of expatriō (“to banish”) (see -ate (etymology 1,2 and 3)), from Latin ex- (“out of”) + patria (“native land”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); possibly after French expatrier and expatrié.
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Forms
expatriates, expatriating, expatriated, expatriated| Base form | expatriate · to expatriate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | expatriates |
| Present participle | expatriating |
| Past simple | expatriated |
| Past participle | expatriated |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 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