expel
Meaning of expel
verb
- officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.
she was expelled from school
late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- ‘out’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
Information about expel
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of expel is: expels.
- Languages in which expel is used:
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Hyphenation of expel
ex-pel
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- expel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
expel synonyms
Meaning eject:
Meaning oust:
Meaning rout:
Meaning discharge:
Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:
Meaning officially prevent (someone) from doing something:
Meaning exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something:
Meaning dismiss from a job:
Meaning dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty:
Meaning remove from employment or office, typically on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance:
Meaning reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot:
Meaning put on a blacklist:
Meaning a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business:
Meaning throw (someone) out of a window:
Meaning reveal the sexual or gender identity of (a person):
expel antonyms
Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:
Meaning greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way:
Translation of expel
- Spanish: expulsar, excluir, expeler, echar, relegar, ahuyentar, despedir
- French: expulser, exclure, éloigner, proscrire, retrancher, bannir, ostraciser, excommunier, exiler
- Portuguese: expulsar, banir
- Italian: espellere, escludere, bandire, cacciare
- German: ausschließen, verbannen, ächten, ausstoßen, verstoßen, verfemen, rausschmeißen, verjagen, rauswerfen, hinauswerfen
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