exile

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ or /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: ex‧ile

Noun

Singular exile

Plural exiles

1. (countable) An exile is someone who is not allowed to go to the place they came from.

Verb

Plain form exile

Third-person singular exiles

Past tense exiled

Past participle exiled

Present participle exiling

1. When someone is exiled, they are not allowed to go to the country they lived in.

   The corrupt politician was exiled from the United States.