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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
eks
peI
tri
eIt
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| inflections: |
expatriates, expatriating, expatriated |
| definition 1: |
to remove from one's native country or allegiance; send into exile; banish.
- antonyms:
- repatriate
- similar words:
- banish, deport, exile, ostracize, transport
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| definition 2: |
to withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to or residence in one's native land; withdraw (oneself) into exile.
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| related words: |
blackball |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
eks
peI
tri
eIt
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| definition: |
to go into exile from or give up one's allegiance to one's native land.
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| related words: |
migrate |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
eks
peI
tri
 t
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| definition: |
residing outside one's native land.
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adverb + (adj.)expatriate
mainly, willingly
(adj.)expatriate
+ noun
acquaintance,
advisor,
american,
church,
community,
craftsman,
cycling,
drove,
haitian,
hotelier,
lecturer,
literati,
manager,
pastry,
personnel,
purge,
resident,
spade,
timorese,
tourist,
worker
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
eks
peI
tri
t
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| definition: |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land.
In the first half of the twentieth century, numerous American artists and musicians were living in Paris as expatriates.- antonyms:
- repatriate
- similar words:
- exile
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| related words: |
outcast |
adjective + (n.)expatriate
corporate, expensive, fellow, foreign, informal, male, resident, vast, wealthy
verb + (n.)expatriate
attend, house, rely
(n.)expatriate
+ verb
attract, cast, live, name, own, return, settle, train
noun + (n.)expatriate
immigrant, influx, loan, proportion, thousands
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| derivation: |
expatriation (n.) |
The word expatriate
contains the following parts:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exalt, exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exclusion, exhaust, exit, exorbitant, expatriate, expedition, expel, expensive, explicable, export, expurgate, extemporaneous, extract, inexplicable
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
patr, patri, pater
Latin
root
that means father, fatherland
Example words:
expatriate, paterfamilias, paternal, paternalism, paternity, paternoster, patriarch, patrician, patricide, patrilineal, patrilocal, patrimony, patriot, patriotism, patristic, patron, patronize, patronymic, pattern, repatriate
- synonyms:
- matr, matri, mater
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