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expatriating

expatriating is the present participle and gerund of expatriate.

Meaning of expatriate

Verb

expatriate (third-person singular simple present expatriates, present participle expatriating, simple past and past participle expatriated)

  1. (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
  2. (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
  3. (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

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Questions about expatriating

What is expatriating the present participle and gerund of?
Expatriating is the present participle and gerund of expatriate.

Words near expatriating in the dictionary

  1. expatiators
  2. expatiatory
  3. expatriate
  4. expatriated
  5. expatriates
  6. expatriating
  7. expatriation
  8. expatriations
  9. expatriatism
  10. expatriatisms
  11. expatriot

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