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(oust)tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts
1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" (Virginia S. Eifert).
2. Law To effect an ouster of (a party) from a property.
[Middle English ousten, from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre, to hinder; see obstacle.]
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oust
(aʊst)vb (tr)
1. to force out of a position or place; supplant or expel
2. (Law) property law to deprive (a person) of the possession of land
[C16: from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre to withstand, from ob- against + stāre to stand]
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oust
(aʊst)v.t.
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French ouster to remove, Old French oster < Latin obstāre to stand in the way, oppose]
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Past participle: ousted
Gerund: ousting
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| Verb | 1. | oust - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" excommunicate - oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree remove - remove from a position or an office |
| 2. | oust - remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter" supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
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verb expel, turn out, dismiss, exclude, exile, discharge, throw out, relegate, displace, topple, banish, eject, depose, evict, dislodge, unseat, dispossess, send packing, turf out (informal), disinherit, drum out, show someone the door, give the bum's rush (slang), throw out on your ear (informal) The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.
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Translations
يُخْرِج، يَطْرُد
smide ud
heittääpoistaaulos
bola burt
取り上げる取り除く追い払う
išstumti
izstumt
oust
[aʊst] VT (gen) → expulsar, echar; (from house) → desahuciar, desalojarwe ousted them from the position → les hicimos abandonar su posición
to oust sb from a post → hacer que algn renuncie a un puesto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈaʊst] vt → évincerto be ousted from sth [+ job, position] → être évincé de qch
He was ousted from his job → Il a été évincé de son poste.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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vt (= get, drive out) → herausbekommen; government → absetzen; politician, colleague etc → ausbooten (inf), → absägen (inf); heckler, anglicisms → entfernen; rivals → ausschalten; (= take place of) → verdrängen; to oust somebody from office/his position → jdn aus seinem Amt/seiner Stellung entfernen or (by intrigue) → hinausmanövrieren; to oust somebody from power → jdn von der Macht verdrängen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
oust
(aust) verb to force out (and take the place of). They ousted him as leader of the party.
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oust
v. expulsar, sacar, echar fuera.
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