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REPATRIATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("repatriate" is a kind of...):

citizen (a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community)

Derivation:

repatriate (admit back into the country)

repatriate (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Admit back into the country

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "repatriate" is one way to...):

admit; allow in; intromit; let in (allow to enter; grant entry to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

expatriate (expel from a country)

Derivation:

repatriate (a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored)

repatriation (the act of returning to the country of origin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "repatriate" is one way to...):

deliver; deport; extradite (hand over to the authorities of another country)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

repatriate (a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored)

repatriation (the act of returning to the country of origin)

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