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exile

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɛɡˌzaɪl

Definitions

  1. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  2. The state of being banished from one's home or country
  3. Someone who is banished from his home or country.
  4. Someone who is banished from his home or country
  5. To send (someone or something) into exile

Equivalents

45 more languages
Danskeksil
Esperantoekzili
Bahasa Indonesiaparakpengasingan
Íslenskaútlegð
Қазақ тілісүргін
한국어귀양도배망명추방
Kurdîsurgun
Lëtzebuergeschexiléieren
Bahasa Melayubuangan
Slovenčinaexil
ShqipMërgim
ئۇيغۇرچەسۈرگۈن
Tiếng Việtlưu vong

Examples

“He lived in exile.”
They chose exile rather than assimilation.”
Let them be recalled from their exile.”
“My son, a Canada-based IT professional who often travels to Ukraine, told me about the exhilarating atmosphere on those Ukraine-bound trains, bringing home hundreds of the unwilling refugees, mostly women and children (including the babies, born in exile on the way to meet their Ukrainian fighter fathers for the first time). The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return.”
She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.”
Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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