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# oust

«oust» in Mova's school dictionary: **to force them out of a place, job or position so that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (oust, ousts, ousted, ousting)

### meaning for a pupil

To oust someone is to force them out of a place, job or position so that they lose it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oust/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a wicked person ousts the rightful king from his throne

### examples

- The new queen ousted the old king from his castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oust/#x1)
- Bright new songs have ousted the old ones in our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oust/#x2)
- The cruel uncle tried to oust the young prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oust/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oust» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oust/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.