Definition

1. Verb:
   • To remove or force someone out of a position, place, or role, especially in a sudden or forceful way. This often implies a replacement or a takeover.
   • To eject or expel someone from a property or a situation.

Usage

• The verb oust is transitive and requires a direct object (the person or thing being removed).
• It is commonly used in formal or news contexts related to politics, business, and competition.
• The past tense and past participle form is ousted.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The board of directors voted to oust the CEO due to financial misconduct.
  • New digital technologies have largely ousted traditional film cameras from the market.
  • The rebels attempted to oust the dictator from power.

Advanced Usage

• "to oust someone from something": This prepositional phrase is frequently used to specify the position or place from which someone is removed.
  • The scandal ousted the minister from his cabinet position.
• Used in legal contexts regarding property rights.
  • The landlord sought to oust the tenant for violating the lease agreement.

Variants and Related Words

• Ouster (noun): The act of ousting or the state of being ousted; expulsion.
  • The ouster of the chairman led to a major corporate restructuring.

Synonyms

• Remove: To take away from a position.
• Expel: To force someone to leave a place or organization.
• Depose: To remove from office or power, especially a ruler.
• Eject: To force or throw out.

Antonyms

• Install: To place someone formally in a new position.
• Appoint: To assign a job or role to someone.
• Elect: To choose someone for a position by voting.

Phrasal Verbs

• Oust from: This is the standard construction, not a separable phrasal verb. The preposition "from" is used to connect the verb to the specific role or place.
  • He was ousted from the committee.

Related Idioms

• "To be ousted in a coup": To be removed from power by a sudden, often violent, seizure of government.
  • The president was ousted in a coup led by military generals.
• "To oust in favor of": To remove someone to make way for a preferred alternative.
  • The old software was ousted in favor of a more modern system.

Verb

1. remove and replace
   • The word processor has ousted the typewriter
2. remove from a position or office
   • The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds