unseat
pronunciation
How to pronounce unseat in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈsi:t]
How to pronounce unseat in American English:
US [ʌnˈsit]
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- Verb:
- remove from political office
- dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse
Word Origin
- unseat (v.)
- 1590s, "to throw down from a seat" (especially on horseback), from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + seat (v.). Meaning "to deprive of rank or office" is attested from 1610s; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834. Related: Unseated; unseating.
Example
- 1. There is little sign of a co-ordinated strategy in cabinet to unseat him .
- 2. To answer your question directly : no , there is nothing sneaky that you can do to unseat her .
- 3. It is also hard to say how much would change should he , despite everything , manage to unseat mr blatter .
- 4. Many gazans , having elected an islamist government five years ago , now want to unseat it .
- 5. They are likely to support him despite their misgivings out of a desire to unseat mr obama .