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Word: Expatriate
Speech Type: Noun
mid 18th century (as a verb): from medieval Latin expatriat- ‘gone out from one's country’, from the verb expatriare, from ex- ‘out’ + patria ‘native country’
ɛksˈpatrɪət
ɪksˈpatrɪət
ɛksˈpeɪtrɪət
ɪksˈpeɪtrɪət
a person who lives outside their native country
Short Definition:person living outside native country
Examples:- American expatriates in London
Word: Expatriate
Speech Type: Adjective
ɛksˈpatrɪət
ɪksˈpatrɪət
ɛksˈpeɪtrɪət
ɪksˈpeɪtrɪət
denoting or relating to a person living outside their native country
Short Definition:living outside native country
Examples:- expatriate workers
Word: Expatriate
Speech Type: Verb
ɛksˈpatrɪeɪt
ɪksˈpatrɪeɪt
ɛksˈpeɪtrɪeɪt
ɪksˈpeɪtrɪeɪt
send (a person or money) abroad
Short Definition:settle abroad
Examples:- we expatriated the prisoners of war immediately after the end of the war
- people that have illegally expatriated funds
- money found to have been expatriated to Singapore banks
- the poet was then expatriated from France
- candidates should be willing to expatriate
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