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expelexpel /ɪkˈspɛl/ ●○○ verb (expelled, expelling) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYexpelOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin expellere, from pellere to drive VERB TABLEexpel |
Present | I, you, we, they | expel | | he, she, it | expels | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | expelled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have expelled | | he, she, it | has expelled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had expelled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will expel | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have expelled |
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Present | I | am expelling | | he, she, it | is expelling | | you, we, they | are expelling | Past | I, he, she, it | was expelling | | you, we, they | were expelling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been expelling | | he, she, it | has been expelling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been expelling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be expelling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been expelling |
1to officially make someone leave a school, organization, country, etc., especially because he or she has broken rules: The government is trying to expel all foreign journalists.expel somebody from something Jakes had been expelled from the Communist Party.expel somebody for doing something Leon was expelled for bringing a knife to school. → see also suspend2to force air, water, gas, etc. out of something → see also expulsion |