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EXPATRIATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

Example:

American expatriates

Synonyms:

exile; expat; expatriate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("expatriate" is a kind of...):

absentee (one that is absent or not in residence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expatriate"):

refugee (an exile who flees for safety)

remittance man (an exile living on money sent from home)

Derivation:

expatriate (move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "expatriate" is one way to...):

emigrate (leave one's country of residence for a new one)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

expatriate (a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country)

expatriation (migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expel from a country

Example:

The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions

Synonyms:

deport; exile; expatriate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "expatriate" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

repatriate (admit back into the country)

Derivation:

expatriation (the act of expelling a person from their native land)

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