What is "expatriate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does expatriate mean in English? Meaning of expatriate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "expatriate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "expatriate": a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

Noun

  • Meaning: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  • Example: American expatriates
  • Synonyms: exile expat expatriate
  • Hyponyms: refugee remittance man
  • Hypernyms: absentee
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate

    Meaning of "expatriate": expel from a country

    Verb

  • Meaning: expel from a country
  • Example: The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
  • Synonyms: deport exile expatriate
  • Hypernyms: expel kick out throw out
  • Antonyms: repatriate
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate

    Meaning of "expatriate": move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad

    Verb

  • Meaning: move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
  • Synonyms: expatriate
  • Hypernyms: emigrate
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pa‧tri‧ate

  • Adjective: Of, or relating to, people who are expatriates. an expatriate mailing listan expatriate mailing list
  • Synonyms:

    exile, refugee, migrant, emigrant, outcast, deportee, émigré, displaced person, expellee, evacuee, departer, oust, relegate, ostracize, proscribe, expel, displace, exile, deport, transport, banish, expulse,

    Antonyms:

    welcome, permit, hold, keep, admit, allow, take in,

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    expatriate in English: expatriate
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