displace
verb/dɪsˈpleɪs/
/dɪsˈpleɪs/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they displace | /dɪsˈpleɪs/ /dɪsˈpleɪs/ |
| he / she / it displaces | /dɪsˈpleɪsɪz/ /dɪsˈpleɪsɪz/ |
| past simple displaced | /dɪsˈpleɪst/ /dɪsˈpleɪst/ |
| past participle displaced | /dɪsˈpleɪst/ /dɪsˈpleɪst/ |
| -ing form displacing | /dɪsˈpleɪsɪŋ/ /dɪsˈpleɪsɪŋ/ |
- to take the place of somebody/something synonym replace
- be displaced (by somebody/something) Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.
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- to force people to move away from their home to another place
- be displaced (by something) Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.
- displace somebody If the dam is built it will displace 100 000 people.
- to move something from its usual position
- be displaced (by something) Check for roof tiles that have been displaced by the wind.
- displace somebody (especially North American English) to remove somebody from a job or position
- displaced workers
- displace something (physics) (especially of a ship) to take the place of an amount of liquid when put or floating in it, used as a way of measuring size
- The ship displaces 58 000 tonnes.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French desplacer.
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