- Types Of Speech
- You can use usurpation as a noun in a sentence.
- About Usurpation
- A 4 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters a, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, and u, 5 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters pa. Usurpation starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters u, us, usu, usur, usurp, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ation, ..
- Definition
- Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"
- Pig Latin
- Usurpation in Pig Latin is said as "usurpationay or usurpationway".
- Unigram
- u | s | u | r | p | a | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- us | su | ur | rp | pa | at | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- usu | sur | urp | rpa | pat | ati | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- usur | surp | urpa | rpat | pati | atio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority);
"a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" - entry to another's property without right or permission
Synonym | Definition |
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Accession | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) "Elizabeth''s accession in 1558" |
Adoption | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent" |
Anointing | the act of applying oil or an oily liquid |
Anointment | the act of applying oil or an oily liquid |
Appointment | (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment" |
Appropriation | a deliberate act of acquisition |
Arrogation | seizure by the government |
Assignment | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" |
Assumption | the act of taking possession of or power over something "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba" "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934" "he acquired all the company''s assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the compan |
Authorisation | the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant |
View all cognitive synonyms for Usurpation
Anagram | Definition |
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Usurpation | wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" |
View English words with the unique letters used in usurpation. Words With The Letters Ainoprstu
Word | Definition |
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Arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one''s right or possession "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town" "he usurped my rights" "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" |
Assume | put clothing on one''s body "What should I wear today?" "He put on his best suit for the wedding" "The princess donned a long blue dress" "The queen assumed the stately robes" "He got into his jeans" |
Seize | capture the attention or imagination of "This story will grab you" "The movie seized my imagination" |
Take Over | |
Usurp | take the place of "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke" |
Usurpation Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With U
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters