"evict" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evict.wav Forms: evicts [present, singular, third-person], evicting [participle, present], evicted [participle, past], evicted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪkt Etymology: From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=contain}}, {{inh|en|enm|evicten}} Middle English evicten, {{der|en|la|ēvictus}} Latin ēvictus, {{doublet|en|evince}} Doublet of evince Head templates: {{en-verb}} evict (third-person singular simple present evicts, present participle evicting, simple past and past participle evicted)
  1. (transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. Tags: transitive Translations (to expel): أَجْلَى (ʔajlā) (Arabic), طَرَدَ (ṭarada) (Arabic), kanporatu (Basque), изгонвам (izgonvam) (Bulgarian), изселвам (izselvam) (Bulgarian), desnonar (Catalan), 驅逐 (Chinese Mandarin), 驱逐 (qūzhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 赶出 (gǎnchū) (Chinese Mandarin), verjagen (Dutch), uitzetten (Dutch), evikcii (Esperanto), eldomigi (Esperanto), häätää (Finnish), évincer (French), vertreiben (German), verweisen (German), ausweisen (German), exmittieren (German), κάνω έξωση (káno éxosi) (Greek), ξεσπιτώνω (xespitóno) (Greek), kilakoltat (Hungarian), eviktar (Ido), díshealbhaigh (Irish), sfrattare (Italian), 追い出す (oidasu) (alt: おいだす) (Japanese), 立ち退かせる (tachinokaseru) (alt: たちのかせる) (Japanese), 쫓아내다 (jjochanaeda) (Korean), 퇴거시키다 (toegeosikida) (Korean), pana (Maori), pei (Maori), tute (Maori), निष्कासित करणे (niṣkāsit karṇe) (Marathi), बेदखल करणे (bedkhal karṇe) (Marathi), बाहेर टाकणे (bāher ṭākṇe) (Marathi), हुसकावणे (huskāvṇe) (Marathi), eksmitować (Polish), despejar (Portuguese), desalojar (Portuguese), evinge (Romanian), expulza (Romanian), выселя́ть (vyseljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́селить (výselitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выгоня́ть (vygonjátʹ) (Russian), изгоня́ть (izgonjátʹ) (Russian), desahuciar (Spanish), desalojar (Spanish), eviccionar (Spanish), vräka (Swedish), avhysa (Swedish), виселя́ти (vyseljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́селити (výselyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), troi allan (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-evict-en-verb-YbJnak9K Disambiguation of 'to expel': 77 23
  2. (computing, transitive) To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-evict-en-verb-H-ctcGgS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 25 75 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eviction, evince

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out."
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          "sense": "to expel",
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          "sense": "to expel",
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          "word": "expulza"
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          "roman": "vygonjátʹ",
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          "sense": "to expel",
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          "sense": "to expel",
          "word": "vräka"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔajlā",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "أَجْلَى"
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      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "طَرَدَ"
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      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "kanporatu"
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      "roman": "izgonvam",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "изгонвам"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izselvam",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "изселвам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "desnonar"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "驅逐"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qūzhú",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "驱逐"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎnchū",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "赶出"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "verjagen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "uitzetten"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "evikcii"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "eldomigi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "häätää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "évincer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "vertreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "verweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "ausweisen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "exmittieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "káno éxosi",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "κάνω έξωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xespitóno",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "ξεσπιτώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "kilakoltat"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "eviktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "díshealbhaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "sfrattare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おいだす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oidasu",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "追い出す"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たちのかせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tachinokaseru",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "立ち退かせる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jjochanaeda",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "쫓아내다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "toegeosikida",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "퇴거시키다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "pana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "pei"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "tute"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "niṣkāsit karṇe",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "निष्कासित करणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "bedkhal karṇe",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "बेदखल करणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "bāher ṭākṇe",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "बाहेर टाकणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "huskāvṇe",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "हुसकावणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "eksmitować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "despejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "desalojar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "evinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "expulza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyseljátʹ",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выселя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výselitʹ",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́селить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vygonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "выгоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "изгоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "desahuciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "desalojar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "eviccionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "vräka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "avhysa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyseljáty",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "виселя́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výselyty",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́селити"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to expel",
      "word": "troi allan"
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}

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