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oust

UK/aʊst/

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Canada/ʌʊst/

oust verb: to expel; to remove.

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.

oust meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

oust in Tamil

வெளியேற்று, நீக்கு

oust in Urdu

oust
اخراج کرنا eḵrāj karnā

oust in Malayalam

to oust; to exclude
പുറത്താക്കുക puṟattākkuka

oust in Kannada

ಸ್ಥಾನಭ್ರಷ್ಟ ಮಾಡು, ಹೊರಗಟ್ಟು, ತೊಲಗಿಸು, ತೊಲಂಗಿಸು, ಹೊರದೂಡು, ಹೊರದಬ್ಬು
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oust in Punjabi
ਕੱਢਣਾ kaḍḍhaṇā
oust in Arabic
طَرَدَ ṭarada

Examples of oust in a sentence

  • The paddle practically ousted the British cane for spankings in the independent US.
  • The general was ousted from power.
  • Connie Morella, a skillful, conscientious politician, was ousted. . . .

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Synonyms of oust

Antonyms

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Forms of oust

third-person singular presentousts
present participleousting
past participleousted
pastousted

Past tense of oust: ousted

Origin of oust

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”). Not related to out.

Words formed from oust

Words that rhyme with oust

Questions about oust

What does oust mean?
Oust means to expel; to remove.
What is oust in Tamil?
Oust in Tamil is வெளியேற்று, நீக்கு. See Oust meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oust?
Oust is a verb.
How do you pronounce oust?
Oust is pronounced /aʊst/ (UK).
What is the past tense of oust?
The past tense of oust is ousted.

Words near oust in the dictionary

  1. ousie
  2. ousies
  3. ousing
  4. Ouspenskian
  5. Ousset
  6. oust
  7. Oustalet
  8. Oustau
  9. ousted
  10. oustee
  11. oustees

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: oust (page history and authors); oust (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اخراج کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); പുറത്താക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); oust (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੱਢਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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