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say it: ek-SPAY-tree-ayt
expatriate is a verb and noun meaning "expel from a country". It carries 3 recorded senses.
expel from a country
“The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions”
move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
“American expatriates”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for expatriate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.