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- pronunciation:
- ih
vihkt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
evicts, evicting, evicted |
| definition 1: |
to remove (a tenant or the like) from a premises by legal procedure.
- synonyms:
- eject
- similar words:
- chuck, dislodge, dispossess, kick out, oust, remove
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| definition 2: |
to recover (property or the like) by possessing a superior legal claim.
- synonyms:
- expropriate
- similar words:
- foreclose, recover, repossess
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| related words: |
banish, bar, bounce, deport, desolate, displace, eject, evacuate |
adverb + (v.)evict
forcibly, physically, violently
(v.)evict
+ noun
apartment,
building,
dealer,
demonstrator,
farm,
farmer,
home,
household,
housing,
intruder,
invader,
land,
miss,
month,
occupant,
property,
protester,
raccoon,
renter,
resident,
settler,
squatter,
tenant,
village,
widow
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| derivations: |
eviction (n.), evictor (n.) |
The word evict
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
vinc, vict, vanq
Latin
root
that means conquer
Example words:
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