refugee
US /ˈrɛfjudʒi/
Definition
an exile who flees for safety
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The charity provides food and shelter to refugees arriving in the city.
Synonyms
- displaced personhaving a meaning similar to refugee
- asylum seekerhaving a meaning similar to refugee
Collocations
- Easy refugee camp shelterdescribing refugee camp shelter (an exile who flees for safety)
- Medium support local refugee resettlement programsto support local refugee resettlement programs, meaning to give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- Hard confer statutory political refugee statusto confer statutory political refugee status, meaning to have a conference in order to talk something over
- Very Hard alleviate the harrowing plight of displaced refugeesto alleviate the harrowing plight of displaced refugees, meaning to provide physical relief, as from pain
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