What does unseat mean?

Definitions for unseat
ʌnˈsitun·seat

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unseat.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unseatverb

    remove from political office

    "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"

  2. unseatverb

    dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse

Wiktionary

  1. unseatverb

    To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.

  2. unseatverb

    Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election.

ChatGPT

  1. unseat

    Unseat typically means two things: 1. To forcibly remove someone from a position of power or authority, often in a political context or any organization where individuals hold a certain status or position. 2. In a literal sense, it means to cause someone to fall off their seat or saddle, especially in horse riding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unseatverb

    to throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat

  2. Unseatverb

    specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unseat

    un-sēt′, v.t. to throw from or deprive of a seat.

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Anagrams for unseat »

  1. Austen

  2. nasute

  3. nauset

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unseat in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unseat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of unseat in a Sentence

  1. Kamala Harris:

    It's going to be about working as hard as I possibly can to get there, because over the course of this next year that's what it's going to take to unseat him.

  2. Valarie McCourtney:

    I'm going to be working very, very hard to unseat him, no matter what it takes, the first time I ever got health insurance is when I got Obamacare.

  3. John Brennan:

    I dont think its surprising at all that we continue to hear these sociopathic ramblings of Mr. Trump claiming that there was this effort to try to prevent him from being elected or to unseat him, and I welcome any type of, you know, continued ... investigation in terms of what we did during that period of time that we were in government.

  4. Marilyn Mosby:

    Please don't be fooled. We are now five months from our next election and this indictment is merely a political ploy by my political adversaries to unseat me, please also understand that I will never let that happen without a fight.

  5. Kamala Harris:

    I plan to win this election, I'll tell you that, it's going to be about working as hard as I possibly can to get there, because over the course of this next year that's what it's going to take to unseat him.

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