oust
pronunciation
How to pronounce oust in British English:
UK [aʊst]
How to pronounce oust in American English:
US [aʊst]
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- Verb:
- remove from a position or office
- remove and replace
Word Origin
- oust
- oust: see obstetric
- oust (v.)
- early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.
Example
- 1. Some wonder whether the objective should be to oust colonel gadhafi .
- 2. China will soon oust france as germany 's most lucrative export market .
- 3. Some vw non-executive directors tried to oust him three years ago , as did some of the leading german and anglo-saxon shareholders a year later , but both failed .
- 4. Moves to oust the poorly performing black boss of eskom , the state-owned power utility , were condemned as " hideous attempts to undermine african leadership in the economy " .
- 5. Prices jumped as egypt 's citizens took to the streets to oust president hosni mubarak .