Definition of ousts Ousts
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What does ousts mean?
Part of speech
🔤- ousts, verb, present, 3rd person singular of oust (infinitive).
WordNet
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| oust - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" | ||
| throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel | ||
| remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | ||
| excommunicate exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" | ||
| depose, force out force to leave (an office) | ||
| 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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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- oust (n.)
See Oast. - oust (v. t.)
To take away; to remove. - oust (v. t.)
To eject; to turn out.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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oust
To force a person or persons to leave a place. -
oust
To force a person or persons out of a position or place.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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oust
owst, v.t. to eject or expel.—n. Oust′er (law), ejection: dispossession. [O. Fr. oster (Fr. ôter), to remove; acc. to Diez, from L. haurīre, haustum, to draw (water).]
Part of speech
🔤- oust, verb, present, 1st person singular of oust (infinitive).
- oust, verb (infinitive).
