Displace - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪsˈpleɪs|
Brit.
|dɪsˈpleɪs|
verb
- cause to move, usually with force or pressure
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position (syn: can, dismiss, fire, sack, send away, terminate)
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (syn: move)
the refugees were displaced by the war
- take the place of or have precedence over (syn: preempt)- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position (syn: can, dismiss, fire, sack, send away, terminate)
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (syn: move)
Extra examples
The war has displaced thousands of people.
The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents.
The closing of the factory has displaced many workers.
A floating object displaces water.
Coal has been displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy.
Fifty thousand people have been displaced by the fighting.
The water displaced by the landslides created a tidal wave.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: displace
he/she/it: displaces
present participle: displacing
past tense: displaced
past participle: displaced
I/you/we/they: displace
he/she/it: displaces
present participle: displacing
past tense: displaced
past participle: displaced
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