exile
- exile
- I UK [ˈeksaɪl] / US [ˈeɡˌzaɪl] / US [ˈekˌsaɪl]
noun
Word forms "exile":
singular exile
plural exiles
*
1)
a) uncountable] a situation in which you are forced to live in a foreign country because you cannot live in your own country, usually for political reasons
poems written by Victor Hugo during his exile in the Channel Islands
The country's former leader has been living in exile for two years.
After a decade of civil war, the losers are being forced into exile.
Wanted in Rome on corruption charges, he now lives in self-imposed exile in Tunisia.
b) mainly journalism a period of time in which you live or work away from home or the place that you prefer
He soon returned to Manchester United after a brief exile in Italy.
2)
a) countable] someone who has been forced to live in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons
b) mainly journalism someone who is living or working away from home or the place that they prefer
a team of Irish exiles in London
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See:
II UK [ˈeksaɪl] / US [ˈeɡˌzaɪl] / US [ˈekˌsaɪl]
verb transitive, usually passive]
Word forms "exile":
present tense
I/you/we/they exile
he/she/it exiles
present participle exiling
past tense exiled
past participle exiled
to force someone to live in a foreign country, usually for political reasons
Napoleon was first exiled in 1814.
His father had been exiled to France.
English dictionary.
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exilé — exilé … Dictionnaire des rimes
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exile — [ek′sīl΄, eg′zīl΄] n. [ME & OFr exil < L exilium < exul, an exile, one banished < ex , out + IE base * al , to wander aimlessly > Gr alaomai, I wander, am banished] 1. a prolonged living away from one s country, community, etc.,… … English World dictionary
exilé — exilé, ée (è gzi lé, lée) part. passé. 1° Expulsé hors de la patrie. Aristide exilé par l ostracisme. Gémissant dans ma cour et plus exilé qu elle RAC. Bérén. III, 1. • Du doux pays de nos aïeux Serons nous toujours exilées ?, VILLON Esth. I … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Exile — Ex ile, n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. {Sole} of the foot, {Saltation}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exile — index asylum (hiding place), banishment, bar (exclude), deport (banish), deportation, depose ( … Law dictionary
Exile — Exile during the “dirty wars” and the years leading up to them took many forms. Some people, fearing state persecution, sought diplomatic asylum or left the country unofficially. Others, though leaving voluntarily, did so not out of fear, but… … Historical Dictionary of the “Dirty Wars”
exile — [n1] deportation from a place banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation; concept 298 exile [n2] person deported from a… … New thesaurus
Exile — Ex*ile , a. [L. exilis.] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] An exile sound. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
