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deport

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /dɪˈpɔɹt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɔːt/
  • /dɪˈpoɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /dɪˈpoət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 P AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To comport (oneself); to behave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, reflexive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To evict, especially from a country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Ask her to deport all illegals living in this town without a green card or the appropriate documents that prove their naturalized citizenship.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

expel from a country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expatriate, exile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expel, throw out, kick out

4

verb

Meaning 4

hand over to the authorities of another country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extradite, deliver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expel, throw out, kick out

Narrower terms: repatriate

5

verb

Meaning 5

behave in a certain manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She carried herself well
  • he bore himself with dignity
  • They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: behave, acquit, bear, conduct, comport, carry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hold, carry, bear, act, move

Narrower terms: fluster, assert, put forward, deal, walk around, pose, posture

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.

Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dëboj — to evict, especially from a country
  • Arabic: طَرَدَ (ṭarada) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Armenian: արտաքսել (artakʻsel) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Armenian: վտարել (vtarel) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Basque: deportatu — to evict, especially from a country
  • Belarusian: высыла́ць (vysylácʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Belarusian: вы́слаць (výslacʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Belarusian: дэпартава́ць (departavácʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Bulgarian: изсе́лвам (izsélvam) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Bulgarian: изсе́ля (izsélja) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Bulgarian: изго́нвам (izgónvam) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Bulgarian: изго́ня (izgónja) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Bulgarian: депорти́рам (deportíram) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Catalan: deportar — to evict, especially from a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐出境 /驱逐出境 (qūzhú chūjìng) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Czech: deportovat — to evict, especially from a country
  • Czech: vyhostit — to evict, especially from a country
  • Danish: udvise — to evict, especially from a country
  • Danish: deportere — to evict, especially from a country
  • Dutch: uitzetten — to evict, especially from a country
  • Dutch: deporteren — to evict, especially from a country
  • Estonian: deporteerima — to evict, especially from a country
  • Finnish: karkottaa — to evict, especially from a country
  • Finnish: karkottaa maasta — to evict, especially from a country
  • French: déporter — to evict, especially from a country
  • Galician: deportar — to evict, especially from a country
  • Georgian: დეპორტირება (deṗorṭireba) — to evict, especially from a country
  • German: abschieben — to evict, especially from a country
  • German: ausweisen — to evict, especially from a country
  • German: deportieren — to evict, especially from a country
  • Greek: εξορίζω (exorízo) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Hebrew: גירש — to evict, especially from a country
  • Hebrew: גֵּרֵשׁ (gerésh) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Hindi: पेश आना (peś ānā) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Hungarian: deportál — to evict, especially from a country
  • Hungarian: kitelepít — to evict, especially from a country
  • Interlingua: deportar — to evict, especially from a country
  • Italian: deportare — to evict, especially from a country
  • Japanese: 追放する (tsuihō suru) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Khmer: កំចាត់ (kɑmcat) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Khmer: និរទេស (niteih) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Korean: 추방하다 (chubanghada) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Lao: ເນລະເທດ (nē la thēt) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Latin: dēportō — to evict, especially from a country
  • Latvian: deportēt — to evict, especially from a country
  • Latvian: izsūtīt — to evict, especially from a country
  • Lithuanian: deportuoti — to evict, especially from a country
  • Lithuanian: ištremti — to evict, especially from a country
  • Lithuanian: tremti — to evict, especially from a country
  • Macedonian: депорти́ра (deportíra) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Macedonian: протерува (proteruva) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Macedonian: протера (protera) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Māori: terepu — to evict, especially from a country
  • Māori: tūwhiti — to evict, especially from a country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deportere — to evict, especially from a country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utvise — to evict, especially from a country
  • Polish: deportować — to evict, especially from a country
  • Polish: wyganiać — to evict, especially from a country
  • Polish: wygnać — to evict, especially from a country
  • Portuguese: deportar — to evict, especially from a country
  • Romanian: a deporta — to evict, especially from a country
  • Russian: депорти́ровать (deportírovatʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Russian: высыла́ть (vysylátʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Russian: вы́слать (výslatʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Russian: выдворя́ть (vydvorjátʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Russian: вы́дворить (výdvoritʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Russian: изгоня́ть (izgonjátʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Russian: изгна́ть (izgnátʹ) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: депорти́рати — to evict, especially from a country
  • Serbo-Croatian: deportírati — to evict, especially from a country
  • Slovak: deportovať — to evict, especially from a country
  • Slovak: vyhostiť — to evict, especially from a country
  • Slovak: vysídliť — to evict, especially from a country
  • Slovene: deportirati — to evict, especially from a country
  • Spanish: deportar — to evict, especially from a country
  • Swedish: deportera — to evict, especially from a country
  • Swedish: utvisa — to evict, especially from a country
  • Swedish: förvisa — to evict, especially from a country
  • Thai: เนรเทศ (nee-rá-têet) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Turkish: sınırdışı etmek — to evict, especially from a country
  • Ukrainian: висила́ти (vysyláty) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Ukrainian: ви́слати (výslaty) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Ukrainian: депортува́ти (deportuváty) — to evict, especially from a country
  • Vietnamese: trục xuất — to evict, especially from a country
  • Welsh: allgludo — to evict, especially from a country