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- Dictionarydisplace/dɪsˈpleɪs/
verb
- 1. take over the place, position, or role of: "he believes that books may be displaced by the electronic word" Similar
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to force something out of its usual or original position: The blow displaced the woman's eardrum and left her partially deaf. to force someone to leave their home: The building of a new dam will displace thousands of people who live in this area. See also. displaced person.
The meaning of DISPLACE is to remove from the usual or proper place; specifically : to expel or force to flee from home or homeland. How to use displace in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Displace.
Displace, misplace mean to put something in a different place from where it should be. To displace often means to shift something solid and comparatively immovable, more or less permanently from its place: The flood displaced houses from their foundations.
Definition of displace verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
displace, misplace mean to put something in a different place from where it should be. To displace often means to shift something solid and comparatively immovable, more or less permanently from its place: The flood displaced houses from their foundations.
Displace means to forcefully move or remove something — or someone — but it can also mean “to take the place of,” again, with some force. If your brother is sitting in your seat, you might say, “Get out of my chair! Don’t make me have to displace you!”
1. to move from the usual or correct location. 2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to remove from office or employment. 3. to occupy the place of; replace; supplant. 4. (Social Welfare) to force (someone) to leave home or country, as during a war. 5. (Chemistry) chem to replace (an atom or group in a chemical compound) by another atom or group. 6.
