coventry

US /ˈkʌvəntri/ UK /ˈkɒvəntri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a state of social ostracism, as in 'sent to Coventry'

For breaking the strike he was sent to coventry by his mates.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a state of social... ostracism exclusionshunningbanishment

Etymology

From the proper name of the English city Coventry, in the idiom 'sent to Coventry' ('ostracized'), possibly from the city's Civil War reputation as a place where captured Royalists were held and shunned.

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# coventry

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʌvəntri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒvəntri/

## Meanings
1. a state of social ostracism, as in 'sent to Coventry'

## Examples
- For breaking the strike he was sent to coventry by his mates.

## Synonyms
- ostracism
- exclusion
- shunning
- banishment

## Etymology
From the proper name of the English city Coventry, in the idiom 'sent to Coventry' ('ostracized'), possibly from the city's Civil War reputation as a place where captured Royalists were held and shunned.

## AI Etymology
Coventry is from the proper name of the English city Coventry, in the idiom 'sent to Coventry' ('ostracized'), possibly from the city's Civil War reputation as a place where captured Royalists were held and shunned. In present use as a noun, it means "a state of social ostracism, as in 'sent to Coventry'", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. The modern form is therefore best understood through the stated historical form and present sense, without adding an unsupported chain of cognates or intermediate stages.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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