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- DictionaryDe·port/dəˈpôrt/
verb
- 1. expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime: "he was deported for violation of immigration laws"
- 2. conduct oneself in a specified manner: archaic "he has deported himself with great dignity"
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Check pronunciation: deport. Definition of deport verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to force a foreign person to leave a country: Thousands of illegal immigrants are deported from the US every year. deportation. noun [ C, U ] uk / ˌdiːpɔːˈteɪʃ ə n / us. He now faces deportation back to his native country. (Definition of deport from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of deport.
Definition of deport – Learner’s Dictionary. deport. verb [ T ] uk / dɪˈpɔːt / us. to force a foreign person to leave a country: Thousands of illegal immigrants are deported from the US every year. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.
Definitions of 'deport' If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there. [...] Conjugations of 'deport' present simple: I deport, you deport [...]
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Etymology
Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.
Pronunciation
1. (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɔɹt/ 2. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɔːt/ 3. (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /dɪˈpoɹt/ 4. (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /dɪˈpoət/
Verb
deport (third-person singular simple present deports, present participle deporting, simple past and past participle deported) 1. (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave. 1.1. December 30, 1710, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell: 1.1.1. Let an ambassador deporthimself in the most graceful manner before a prince. 2. (transitive) To evict, especially from a country. 2.1. 2019, Jane MacLaren Walsh, Brett Topping, The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eu...
Alternative forms
1. desport
Noun
deport oblique singular, m (oblique plural deporz or deportz, nominative singular deporz or deportz, nominative plural deport) 1. enjoyment; fun 1.1. c. 1200, Unknown author, Aucassin et Nicolette: 1.1.1. Qui vauroit bons vers oïr del deport du viel antif 1.1.1.1. Who would like to hear a few good lines Of amusement from the old storyteller
Noun
deport m (oblique plural deports, nominative singular deports, nominative plural deport) 1. enjoyment; fun 1.1. 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Ges de chantar no.m pren talans 1.1.1. Que d'aqui mou deportz e chans 1.1.1.1. (please add an English translationof this quotation)
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEPORT. [+ object] : to force (a person who is not a citizen) to leave a country. Thousands of immigrants had been illegally deported. — deportation. /ˌdiːˌpoɚ ˈteɪʃən/ noun, plural deportations. [noncount] She is now facing deportation. [=she may be forced to leave the country] a deportation hearing. [count]
Definitions of 'deport'. If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there. [...]
