Meaning of "expatriate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXPATRIATE

From Medieval Latin expatriāre, from Latin ex-1 + patria native land.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF EXPATRIATE

expatriate  [ɛksˈpætrɪɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPATRIATE

Expatriate is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

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 adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

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

See the conjugation of the verb expatriate in English.

WHAT DOES EXPATRIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Expatriate

An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of the person's upbringing. The word comes from the Latin terms ex and patria. In common usage, the term is often used in the context of professionals or skilled workers sent abroad by their companies, rather than for all 'immigrants' or 'migrant workers'. The differentiation found in common usage usually comes down to socio-economic factors, so skilled professionals working in another country are described as expatriates, whereas a manual labourer who has moved to another country to earn more money might be labelled an 'immigrant' or 'migrant worker'. There is no set definition and usage varies with context, for example the same person may be seen as an "expatriate" by their home country and a "migrant worker" where they work. Retirement abroad, in contrast, usually makes one an "expatriate".

Definition of expatriate in the English dictionary

The first definition of expatriate in the dictionary is resident in a foreign country. Other definition of expatriate is exiled or banished from one's native country. Expatriate is also a person who lives in a foreign country.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXPATRIATE

PRESENT

Present

I expatriate

you expatriate

he/she/it expatriates

we expatriate

you expatriate

they expatriate

Present continuous

I am expatriating

you are expatriating

he/she/it is expatriating

we are expatriating

you are expatriating

they are expatriating

Present perfect

I have expatriated

you have expatriated

he/she/it has expatriated

we have expatriated

you have expatriated

they have expatriated

Present perfect continuous

I have been expatriating

you have been expatriating

he/she/it has been expatriating

we have been expatriating

you have been expatriating

they have been expatriating

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 expatriated

you expatriated

he/she/it expatriated

we expatriated

you expatriated

they expatriated

Past continuous

I was expatriating

you were expatriating

he/she/it was expatriating

we were expatriating

you were expatriating

they were expatriating

Past perfect

I had expatriated

you had expatriated

he/she/it had expatriated

we had expatriated

you had expatriated

they had expatriated

Past perfect continuous

I had been expatriating

you had been expatriating

he/she/it had been expatriating

we had been expatriating

you had been expatriating

they had been expatriating

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

FUTURE

Future

I will expatriate

you will expatriate

he/she/it will expatriate

we will expatriate

you will expatriate

they will expatriate

Future continuous

I will be expatriating

you will be expatriating

he/she/it will be expatriating

we will be expatriating

you will be expatriating

they will be expatriating

Future perfect

I will have expatriated

you will have expatriated

he/she/it will have expatriated

we will have expatriated

you will have expatriated

they will have expatriated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been expatriating

you will have been expatriating

he/she/it will have been expatriating

we will have been expatriating

you will have been expatriating

they will have been expatriating

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would expatriate

you would expatriate

he/she/it would expatriate

we would expatriate

you would expatriate

they would expatriate

Conditional continuous

I would be expatriating

you would be expatriating

he/she/it would be expatriating

we would be expatriating

you would be expatriating

they would be expatriating

Conditional perfect

I would have expatriate

you would have expatriate

he/she/it would have expatriate

we would have expatriate

you would have expatriate

they would have expatriate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been expatriating

you would have been expatriating

he/she/it would have been expatriating

we would have been expatriating

you would have been expatriating

they would have been expatriating

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you expatriate
we let´s expatriate
you expatriate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to expatriate

Past participle

expatriated

Present Participle

expatriating

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 «EXPATRIATE»

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

synonyms of expatriate

banish · emigrant · exile · exiled · expat · expel · ostracize · proscribe · refugee

TRANSLATION OF EXPATRIATE

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 侨居者
• Translator English - Spanish: expatriado
• English: expatriate
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रवासी
• Translator English - Arabic: مغترب
• Translator English - Russian: экспатриантов
• Translator English - Portuguese: expatriado
• Translator English - Bengali: নির্বাসিত করা
• Translator English - French: expatrié
• Translator English - Malay: Ekspatriat
• Translator English - German: Auswanderer
• Translator English - Japanese: 国外在住者
• Translator English - Korean: 국외 거주자
• Translator English - Javanese: Ekspatriat
• Translator English - Vietnamese: người nước ngoài
• Translator English - Tamil: புலம்பெயர்ந்த
• Translator English - Marathi: प्रवासी
• Translator English - Turkish: gurbetçi
• Translator English - Italian: espatriato
• Translator English - Polish: emigrantów
• Translator English - Ukrainian: експатріантів
• Translator English - Romanian: expatriat
• Translator English - Greek: αποδήμων
• Translator English - Afrikaans: uitgewekene
• Translator English - Swedish: utsänd
• Translator English - Norwegian: eksil

2 QUOTES WITH «EXPATRIATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word expatriate.

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Chang-Rae Lee

I'm interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who are forced to decide how best to live there. That feeling of both citizenship and exile, of always being an expatriate - with all the attendant problems and complications and delight.

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Bharati Mukherjee

I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Indian in Canada. If I can't feel that I can make social, political and emotional commitments to a place, I have to find another place.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPATRIATE»

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

Expatriate Management: New Ideas for International Business

A unique, wide-ranging volume without esoteric jargon and abstruse statistical analyses, Expatriate Management offers not only an inventory of challenging new ideas that can be put to practical use today, but also a set of workable policy ...

Jan Selmer, 1995

The Expert Expat: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad

New to this edition is an important chapter on safety, including expert advice on preventing identity theft and responding to terrorist threats.

Melissa Hess, Patricia Linderman, 2011

American Modernism's Expatriate Scene: The Labour of Translation

Katz investigates American modernism as a space of generalized interference, with the practice and trope of translation emerging as central to writers such as Henry James, Ezra Pound and Jack Spicer, while the text remains in constant ...

Daniel Katz, 2007

Eugene Bullard, Black Expatriate in Jazz-Age Paris

There, for twenty-five years, he helped define the expatriate experience for countless other African American artists, writers, performers, and athletes. This is the first biography of Bullard in thirty years and the most complete ever.

Craig Lloyd, 2006

American Expatriate Writing and the Paris Moment: Modernism ...

A selection of readings of seven modernist works whose principle subject is the American in Paris between the world wars.

Donald Pizer, 1997

Expatriate Adventures

The book is a memoir about my life; thus, I am qualified.

Fred Richardson, 2012

Expatriate Games: My Season of Misadventures in Czech ...

Expatriate Games is Dave Fromm’s touching and amusing memoir of the year (1994) he spent playing basketball for TJ Sokol Kralovske Vinhorady, a Czech semi-pro team.

David Fromm, 2013

International Expatriate Employment Handbook

It is crucial for employers to avoid unexpected barriers or difficulties in the form of employment-related issues. This enormously valuable handbook is the ideal solution to such problems, both in the anticipation and in the event.

Andrius R. Kontrimas, Mary K. Samsa, 2006

Writing the Lost Generation: Expatriate Autobiography and ...

By bringing together the self-reflective works of the Lost Generation and probing the ways the writers portrayed themselves, Monk provides an exciting and comprehensive overview of modernist expatriates from the United States.

Craig Monk, 2010

Expatriate Identities in Postcolonial Organizations: Working ...

This is an engaging, lucid and vivid description of expatriate lives, as well as a stimulating and legitimate challenge to abstract and macro perspectives on the `cosmopolitan class'.

Ms Pauline Leonard, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPATRIATE»

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

Kuwait sacks 198 expatriate clerics

kuwait city - Kuwait's Minister of Justice and Endowment Yaqoub Al Sane has terminated the services of all 198 expatriate preachers hired by ... «Khaleej Times, Jul 15»

Volcano Shuts Down Tourist Island Flights

"It's pretty chaotic," Katie Nagar, an American expatriate living in Indonesia, said after arriving at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport to discover her ... «Sky News, Jul 15»

This man lied about his nationality to fight for Britain

The locals in Lake Placid, upstate New York, had their own team and they didn't warm to this “expatriate playboy”. They even had a collection to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

People & Politics: Engaging in FNC elections is important for all UAE …

However, when it comes to social benefits, the council has kept the expatriate community in mind. They called for petrol prices to be slashed for ... «The National, Jul 15»

Chefs' tales told at PAN-X launch

He spoke of an expatriate friend who, while spending her time in Jamaica at some of the finest spaces, thought her visit to Trench Town was the ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»

14254 illegal expatriate workers will leave Oman as amnesty ends …

Muscat: A total number of 14,254 illegal expatriates will leave Oman as the three-month long amnesty will end after 22 days, according to ... «Times of Oman, Jul 15»

Malawi to hire local coach for national team: No cash, no expatriate

The government of Malawi has shut down its door on the prospects of hiring an expatriate national football coach due to cash constraints. «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»

Oman crime: Asian expat arrested for murder in Dhofar

The expatriate has been arrested for the murder of another expatriate of the same nationality in Saada area in the Governorate of Dhofar. «Times of Oman, Jul 15»

Woman, 45, fronts court over expatriate's death

Update: 10:48AM THE driver of a vehicle that allegedly killed a 45-year-old expatriate will appear at the Lautoka Magistrates Court today. «Fiji Times, Jul 15»

Malawi immigration pounces on Burundian expatriate coach

Nsanzarwimo Ramadhan Malawi's Immigration Department nabbed Burundian expatriate coach Nsanzarwimo Ramadhan for failing to comply ... «The Maravi Post, Jul 15»