Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to expel
Participle: expeled; expelled
Gerund: expeling; expelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | expel |
| you | expel |
| he;she;it | expels |
| we | expel |
| you | expel |
| they | expel |
Perfect
| I | have expeled; expelled |
| you | have expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | has expeled; expelled |
| we | have expeled; expelled |
| you | have expeled; expelled |
| they | have expeled; expelled |
Past
| I | expeled; expelled |
| you | expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | expeled; expelled |
| we | expeled; expelled |
| you | expeled; expelled |
| they | expeled; expelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had expeled; expelled |
| you | had expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | had expeled; expelled |
| we | had expeled; expelled |
| you | had expeled; expelled |
| they | had expeled; expelled |
Future
| I | will expel |
| you | will expel |
| he;she;it | will expel |
| we | will expel |
| you | will expel |
| they | will expel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have expeled; expelled |
| you | will have expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | will have expeled; expelled |
| we | will have expeled; expelled |
| you | will have expeled; expelled |
| they | will have expeled; expelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | expel |
| you | expel |
| he;she;it | expel |
| we | expel |
| you | expel |
| they | expel |
Perfect
| I | have expeled; expelled |
| you | have expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | have expeled; expelled |
| we | have expeled; expelled |
| you | have expeled; expelled |
| they | have expeled; expelled |
Imperfect
| I | expeled; expelled |
| you | expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | expeled; expelled |
| we | expeled; expelled |
| you | expeled; expelled |
| they | expeled; expelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had expeled; expelled |
| you | had expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | had expeled; expelled |
| we | had expeled; expelled |
| you | had expeled; expelled |
| they | had expeled; expelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would expel |
| you | would expel |
| he;she;it | would expel |
| we | would expel |
| you | would expel |
| they | would expel |
Perfect
| I | would have expeled; expelled |
| you | would have expeled; expelled |
| he;she;it | would have expeled; expelled |
| we | would have expeled; expelled |
| you | would have expeled; expelled |
| they | would have expeled; expelled |
Imperative
| you | expel |
| we | Let's expel |
| you | expel |
Verbs conjugated like 'expel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'expel'
excel,
expell,
appel,
cupel,
eel,
exec,
expect,
expede,
expend,
expert,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- dismiss
- dispossess, banish, discharge, exile, expatriate, oust
- exude
- eject, dislodge, pass, evacuate, evict
Antonyms
- dismiss
- employ, hire, engage, retain
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1386, from L.
expellere "drive out," from
ex- "out" +
pellere "to drive." Meaning "to eject from a school" is first recorded 1648.
2. Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”). See: Latin '
expellere'.
Sample Sentences
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But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
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She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party. [2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:]