dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ous_MW.json

{
  "oust":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity":[
        "The rebels ousted the dictator from power."
      ],
      ": to take away (something, such as a right or authority) : bar , remove":[
        "The states do not like attempts by Congress to oust their jurisdiction."
      ],
      ": to take the place of : supplant":[
        "must be careful that quantity does not oust quality",
        "\u2014 R. V. Williams"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The rebels ousted the dictator from power.",
      "Large national banks are ousting local banks in many communities.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Protests sparked by brewing economic uncertainty and anger over corruption among the ruling Rajapaska family forced Gotabaya Rajapaska, the president, to oust his brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, from the prime minister\u2019s office last month. \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "The governing board doesn't have the power to oust Jann-Michael Greenburg from the board, but members did remove him as president of the board. \u2014 Renata Cl\u00f3, The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
      "The Roundheads in this case are the clipboard-toting officials from the local council, with their smug relish in finally having the power to oust Byron. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 19 June 2022",
      "The peacekeeping mission began in 2013, after France led a military intervention to oust extremist rebels who had taken over cities and major towns in northern Mali the year before. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 19 June 2022",
      "Many of those measures have since come under scrutiny amid a recall campaign to oust Gascon from office. \u2014 Fox News , 16 June 2022",
      "Her opponent, Imperial City Councilmember Karin Eugenio, was endorsed by the Imperial County Farm Bureau and received campaign support from some of the same growers who failed to oust Galindo in 2018. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "Southern Baptists spent part of the afternoon debating whether to oust his church over its ordination of three women as pastors last year. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "In 2019, a book by an anonymous administration official recounted that senior White House officials believed that Pence would go along with invoking the amendment to oust Trump. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French oster, ouster to take off, remove, oust, from Late Latin obstare to ward off, from Latin, to stand in the way, from ob- in the way + stare to stand \u2014 more at ob- , stand":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8au\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for oust eject , expel , oust , evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action. ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical. a student expelled from college oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion. police ousted the squatters evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home. evicted for nonpayment of rent",
    "synonyms":[
      "banish",
      "boot (out)",
      "bounce",
      "cast out",
      "chase",
      "dismiss",
      "drum (out)",
      "eject",
      "expel",
      "extrude",
      "kick out",
      "out",
      "rout",
      "run off",
      "throw out",
      "turf (out)",
      "turn out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192158",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "Ouse":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "river 160 miles (257 kilometers) long in central and eastern England flowing into The Wash":[],
      "river 60 miles (96 kilometers) long in northeastern England flowing southeast to unite with the Trent River forming the Humber estuary":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00fcz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142603"
  },
  "ousel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": blackbird sense 1a":[],
      ": ring ouzel":[],
      ": dipper sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155058"
  },
  "Oushak":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a heavy wool Oriental rug characterized especially by bright primary colors and an elaborate medallion pattern":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00fc-\u02c8sh\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Oushak, Ushak (U\u015fak), town in Turkey":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1901, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203853"
  },
  "ousia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": true being : entity , essence , substance":[],
      ": hypostasis sense 2a":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00fcsh(\u0113)\u0259",
      "\u02c8\u00fcz\u0113\u0259",
      "\u02c8\u00fcs\u0113\u0259",
      "\u02c8\u00fczh(\u0113)\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek, from ous- (stem of \u014dn , present participle of einai to be) + -ia -y":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002351"
  }
}