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- pronunciation:
- ih
vihkt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
evicts, evicting, evicted |
| definition: |
to legally force to leave a rented property.
The landlord evicted the man from his apartment because he could not pay the rent.- similar words:
- chuck, dislodge, oust, remove
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| related words: |
banish, deport, displace, evacuate |
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| derivations: |
eviction (n.), evictor (n.) |
The word evict
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
vinc, vict, vanq
Latin
root
that means conquer
Example words:
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