Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evict

/iˈvɪkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: af-e-vict
IPA: /iˈvɪkt/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

Transitive verb

verb

To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"evict a tenant"
"threat to evict"
"legally evict"
"The landlord threatened to evict them for nonpayment."
"The protesters were forcibly evicted."
"The legislation also seeks to outlaw “balconing”, the practice of jumping into a swimming pool from a hotel balcony that kills several people each year. In future, hotels will have to evict anyone practising balconing or encouraging others to do so."

Etymology

From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *weyk-, evicten, ēvictus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /iˈvɪkt/
British English: /ɨˈvɪkt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

evicts (present, singular) evicting (participle, present) evicted (participle, past) evicted (past)

Derived Forms

evictable evictee eviction evictor renovict unevicted

Frequently Paired Words

evince

Synonyms

eject force out

Rhymes With

picked kicked strict predict restrict addict clicked tricked depict contradict inflict licked

Questions

How do you pronounce evict?: The recorded pronunciation is /iˈvɪkt/.
What does evict mean?: To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
Where does evict come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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