evict

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Word: Evict

Part of Speech: Verb

Usage Instructions:

• When to use: You can use "evict" when talking about legal situations involving landlords and tenants. It can also be used in a more general sense to describe forcing someone out of a place.
• Form: The word can be used in different tenses:
  • Present: evict
  • Past: evicted
  • Future: will evict

Example Sentences:

1. Basic Example: The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.
2. General Example: The city may evict squatters from the abandoned building to make it safe.
3. Casual Example: The noisy neighbors were evicted for disturbing everyone in the apartment complex.

Advanced Usage:

• In legal contexts, "evict" can refer to formal procedures where a landlord follows the law to remove a tenant. This often involves a court process.
• Example: The court ordered the landlord to evict the tenants according to the law.

Word Variants:

• Noun: Eviction (the act of evicting someone)
  • Example: The eviction of the tenants took place last week.
• Adjective: Evictable (able to be evicted)
  • Example: Tenants who do not pay rent may be considered evictable.

Different Meanings:

While "evict" primarily refers to the removal from a property, it can sometimes be used metaphorically to describe being forced out of a situation or group.

Synonyms:

• Remove
• Expel
• Eject
• Force out

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:

• "Kick out" – This is an informal way to say evict someone.
  • Example: The school decided to kick out the students who were caught cheating.
• "Throw out" – Similar to evict, but can also mean to discard something.
  • Example: She decided to throw out the old furniture before moving.

Summary:

To "evict" someone means to legally or forcefully make them leave a place, usually due to violations of agreements like not paying rent.

Academic

Verb

1. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
   • The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months
2. expel or eject without recourse to legal process
   • The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m.

Synonyms

• force out