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