oust

See also: Oust

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ouster, oustier, from Old French oster (modern French ôter), from post-classical Latin obstare (“to remove”), classical obstāre (“to obstruct, stand in the way of”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aʊst/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ʌʊst/

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• Rhymes: -aʊst

Verb

oust (third-person singular simple present ousts, present participle ousting, simple past and past participle ousted)

1. (transitive) To expel; to remove.

   The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

   The CEO was ousted by the board of directors.

Synonyms

• banish, dismiss, eject, exclude; see also Thesaurus:kick out

Antonyms

• accept, harbor, shelter

Derived terms

• oustee
• ouster

Translations

to expel; to remove

• Arabic: طَرَدَ (ar) (ṭarada)
• Azerbaijani: qovmaq (az)
• Bulgarian: изгонвам (bg) (izgonvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逐出 (zh) (zhúchū), 罷免／罢免 (zh) (bàmiǎn), 罷黜／罢黜 (zh) (bàchù)

• Czech: vypudit pf, vyhnat (cs), vytlačit pf
• Dutch: verwijderen (nl), verdrijven (nl), verbannen (nl)
• Finnish: poistaa (fi), heittää ulos
• French: expulser (fr)
• German: verdrängen (de), vertreiben (de), schassen (de)
• Hebrew: לְגַרֵשׁ (leragésh)
• Hungarian: kiszorít (hu), elűz (hu), elkerget (hu), kiűz (hu)
• Italian: espellere (it), cacciare (it), estromettere (it), rimuovere (it)
• Japanese: 追い払う (ja) (oiharau), 取り除く (ja) (torinozoku), 取り上げる (ja) (toriageru)
• Korean: (일자리・권좌에서) 몰아내다 (moranaeda)
• Maori: pana, pei, whakapako
• Polish: wygnać (pl) pf, wygonić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: retirar (pt), expulsar (pt)
• Romanian: da afară
• Russian: выгоня́ть (ru) impf (vygonjátʹ), вы́гнать (ru) pf (výgnatʹ), изгоня́ть (ru) impf (izgonjátʹ), изгна́ть (ru) pf (izgnátʹ), сверга́ть (ru) (svergátʹ) (overthrow a ruler or a regime)
• Serbo-Croatian: najuriti (sh)
• Slovak: vylúčiť, vyhnať
• Spanish: expulsar (es); deponer (es)
• Turkish: zorla çıkarmak (tr)

Anagrams

• Otsu, SOTU, Suto, Tsou, otsu, outs, sout, tOSU