Meaning of "exile" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXILE

From Latin exsilium banishment, from exsul banished person; perhaps related to Greek alasthai to wander.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EXILE

exile  [ˈɛɡzaɪl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXILE

Exile is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb exile in English.

WHAT DOES EXILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Exile

Exile means to be away from one's home, while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return. It can be a form of punishment and solitude. It is common to distinguish between internal exile, i.e., forced resettlement within the country of residence, and external exile, deportation outside the country of residence. Although most commonly used to describe an individual situation, the term is also used for groups, or for an entire government. Terms such as diaspora and refugee describe group exile, both voluntary and forced, and government in exile describes a government of a country that has been forced to relocate and argue its legitimacy from outside that country. Exile can also be a self-imposed departure from one's homeland. Self-exile is often depicted as a form of protest by the person that claims it, to avoid persecution or legal matters, an act of shame or repentance, or isolating oneself to be able to devote time to a particular thing.

Definition of exile in the English dictionary

The first definition of exile in the dictionary is a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment. Other definition of exile is the expulsion of a person from his native land by official decree. Exile is also a person banished or living away from his home or country; expatriate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXILE

PRESENT

Present

I exile

you exile

he/she/it exiles

we exile

you exile

they exile

Present continuous

I am exiling

you are exiling

he/she/it is exiling

we are exiling

you are exiling

they are exiling

Present perfect

I have exiled

you have exiled

he/she/it has exiled

we have exiled

you have exiled

they have exiled

Present perfect continuous

I have been exiling

you have been exiling

he/she/it has been exiling

we have been exiling

you have been exiling

they have been exiling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I exiled

you exiled

he/she/it exiled

we exiled

you exiled

they exiled

Past continuous

I was exiling

you were exiling

he/she/it was exiling

we were exiling

you were exiling

they were exiling

Past perfect

I had exiled

you had exiled

he/she/it had exiled

we had exiled

you had exiled

they had exiled

Past perfect continuous

I had been exiling

you had been exiling

he/she/it had been exiling

we had been exiling

you had been exiling

they had been exiling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will exile

you will exile

he/she/it will exile

we will exile

you will exile

they will exile

Future continuous

I will be exiling

you will be exiling

he/she/it will be exiling

we will be exiling

you will be exiling

they will be exiling

Future perfect

I will have exiled

you will have exiled

he/she/it will have exiled

we will have exiled

you will have exiled

they will have exiled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been exiling

you will have been exiling

he/she/it will have been exiling

we will have been exiling

you will have been exiling

they will have been exiling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would exile

you would exile

he/she/it would exile

we would exile

you would exile

they would exile

Conditional continuous

I would be exiling

you would be exiling

he/she/it would be exiling

we would be exiling

you would be exiling

they would be exiling

Conditional perfect

I would have exile

you would have exile

he/she/it would have exile

we would have exile

you would have exile

they would have exile

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been exiling

you would have been exiling

he/she/it would have been exiling

we would have been exiling

you would have been exiling

they would have been exiling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you exile
we let´s exile
you exile

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to exile

Past participle

exiled

Present Participle

exiling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «EXILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «exile» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of exile

banish · banishment · cast out · deport · deportation · deportee · eject · eviction · expatriate · expatriation · expel · expulsion · ostracism · ostracize · oust · outcast · proscribe · proscription · refugee · separation · throw out

TRANSLATION OF EXILE

Find out the translation of exile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of exile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exile» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 流放
• Translator English - Spanish: exilio
• English: exile
• Translator English - Hindi: निर्वासन
• Translator English - Arabic: نَفْي
• Translator English - Russian: изгнание
• Translator English - Portuguese: exílio
• Translator English - Bengali: নির্বাসন
• Translator English - French: exil
• Translator English - Malay: Pengasingan
• Translator English - German: Exil
• Translator English - Japanese: 追放
• Translator English - Korean: 망명
• Translator English - Javanese: Pengasingan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lưu vong
• Translator English - Tamil: வெளிநாட்டில்
• Translator English - Marathi: हद्दपारी
• Translator English - Turkish: sürgün
• Translator English - Italian: esilio
• Translator English - Polish: zesłanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вигнання
• Translator English - Romanian: exil
• Translator English - Greek: εξορία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ballingskap
• Translator English - Swedish: exil
• Translator English - Norwegian: eksil

10 QUOTES WITH «EXILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word exile.

1

Hiam Abbass

I grew up acutely aware of the exile and distance caused by war.

2

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.

3

Madison Smartt Bell

Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.

4

Mario Benedetti

I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.

5

Peter Bichsel

It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on the exile.

6

Willa Cather

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.

7

Bruce Chatwin

The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory. Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D. Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names taken at random from among the R's - told a story of exile, desolation, disillusion, and anxiety behind lace curtains.

8

Rachel Cusk

As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from which some women derive feelings of heroism, while others experience a sense of exile from the world they knew.

9

Mahmoud Darwish

Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.

10

Don DeLillo

Silence, exile, cunning and so on... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the ideas in my work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXILE»

Discover the use of exile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Exile

The book "depicts the joys, and, mostly the tribulations of the down and out, the outcast, the flotsam and jetsam of an uncaring society."--cover.

Pádraic Ó Conaire, 1994

Exile

This is one...' The Times

Richard North Patterson, 2009

Exile: Pramoedya Ananta Toer in Conversation with Andre ...

Indonesia's most celebrated writer speaks out against tyranny and injustice in a young and troubled nation.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Rossie Indira, Nagesh Rao, 2006

Exile

Evil is on the move as the Galactic Alliance and Jedi Order battle forces seen and unseen, from rampant internal treachery to the nightmare of all-out war in this fourth original novel featuring the classic heroes in the epic nine-book ...

Aaron Allston, 2007

Reflections on Exile and Other Essays

This long-awaited collection of literary and cultural essays offers evidence of how much the fully engaged critical mind can contribute to the reservoir of value, thought, and action essential to our lives and culture.

Edward W. Said, 2000

Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions

Given the importance of the exile to the development of Judaism and Christianity even to the present day, this volume delves into the conceptions of exile which contributed to that development during the formative period.

James M. Scott, 1997

Purity and Exile: Violence, Memory, and National Cosmology ...

This book explores how essentialized categories of identity such as 'Hutu' and 'Tutsi' are produced through violence and exile.

Liisa H. Malkki, 1995

Exile

When the Striga, a mysterious owl from the Middle Kingdom, takes over young King Coryn's mind and institutes a tyrannical new regime, the Band, exiled for their loyalty to Coryn, seek to free him and the kingdom from this threat. Original.

Kathryn Lasky, 2008

Home and Exile

Now, in Home and Exile, Achebe reveals the man behind his powerful work. Here is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author--his own life.

Chinua Achebe Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature Bard College, 2000

Flag in Exile

Struggling to deal with her lover's murder and a forced retirement, Captain Honor Harrington assumes the role of Steadholder on the planet Grayson, but a threatening uprising calls her back into duty as head of the Grayson Navy.

David Weber, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exile is used in the context of the following news items.

Art show tells global tales of dispossession and exile | The …

An art exhibition currently showing in London – but with plans to tour the world until 2018 – brings together the work of 39 contemporary artists ... «The Electronic Intifada, Jul 15»

Expat in Exile: I'm no longer laughing out loud…

I still hope to laugh loud and laugh often but I want to find a new way to express it. I think LOL is overused and even worse, used in the most ... «Today in Bermuda, Jul 15»

Exile, Starship among acts for Rosefest

Friday's entertainment features Exile, which had a string of No. 1 hits from 1983-'87, including "Woke Up in Love," "She's a Miracle" and "I Don't ... «Quad City Times, Jul 15»

Captain goes into exile

Nothing lasts forever these days. Iker Casillas' departure from Real Madrid is just another example of a footballer who cannot end his playing ... «MARCA.com, Jul 15»

Hong Kong Exile brings multimedia dance to Seattle

Four nations converge in the work of Hong Kong Exile, a Canadian dance company making its American debut at this year's Seattle ... «The International Examiner, Jul 15»

SNP's Dr Paul Monaghan Speaks on Chagossian Exile in Parliament

paul mon Today SNP MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Dr Paul Monaghan referenced the forced deportation of the Chagossian ... «The UK Chagos Support Association, Jul 15»

EXILE 24karats Chapter 4 to release a new single!

The title song "24karats GOLD SOUL" is the latest work form "24karats series" which can be described as EXILE's soul. Different from former ... «MusicJapanplus, Jul 15»

Thailand Forcibly Repatriating More Than 90 Uyghurs to China …

... for illegally entering the country while fleeing persecution in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, a Uyghur exile group said Wednesday. «Radio Free Asia, Jul 15»

Hey Australia! Win The Surprisingly Serious Wastelander Panda …

Wastelander Panda: Exile had a great run at Fantastic Fest (here is J. Hurtado's review) and despite its silly premise, is in fact a deeply serious ... «TwitchFilm, Jul 15»

When Exile Ceased to Be an Option

Growing up as a refugee child in Uganda never was an easy prospect at all; just like it never was easy for any Rwandan refugee child that were ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»