exile
verb/ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/
/ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exile | /ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/ /ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/ |
| he / she / it exiles | /ˈeksaɪlz/, /ˈeɡzaɪlz/ /ˈeksaɪlz/, /ˈeɡzaɪlz/ |
| past simple exiled | /ˈeksaɪld/, /ˈeɡzaɪld/ /ˈeksaɪld/, /ˈeɡzaɪld/ |
| past participle exiled | /ˈeksaɪld/, /ˈeɡzaɪld/ /ˈeksaɪld/, /ˈeɡzaɪld/ |
| -ing form exiling | /ˈeksaɪlɪŋ/, /ˈeɡzaɪlɪŋ/ /ˈeksaɪlɪŋ/, /ˈeɡzaɪlɪŋ/ |
- to force somebody to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send somebody into exile
- be exiled (from…) (to…) He was exiled to the island of St Helena.
- the party’s exiled leaders
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1- She was effectively exiled after a failed bid for power.
- He was exiled for his beliefs.
- The family was exiled from France.
- The government decided to exile him to the colonies.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- permanently
- temporarily
- effectively
- …
- for
- from
- to
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Word OriginMiddle English: the noun partly from Old French exil ‘banishment’ and partly from Old French exile ‘banished person’; the verb from Old French exiler; all based on Latin exilium ‘banishment’, from exul ‘banished person’.
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