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displace

(dɪspleɪs)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense displaces, present participle displacing, past tense, past participle displaced
1. verb
If one thing displaces another, it forces the other thing out of its place, position, or role, and then occupies that place, position, or role itself.
These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreignexchange. [VERB noun]
Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power. [VERB noun]
2. verb [usually passive]
If a person or group of people is displaced, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live.
In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced. [be VERB-ed]
Most of the civilians displaced by the war will be unable to return to their homes. [VERB-ed]
...the task of resettling refugees and displaced persons. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: force out, turn out, expel, throw out More Synonyms of displace
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displace in British English

(dɪsˈpleɪs)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to move from the usual or correct location
2. 
to remove from office or employment
3. 
to occupy the place of; replace; supplant
4. 
to force (someone) to leave home or country, as during a war
5.  chemistry
to replace (an atom or group in a chemical compound) by another atom or group
6.  physics
to cause a displacement of (a quantity of liquid, usually water of a specified type and density)
Derived forms
displaceable (disˈplaceable)
adjective
displacer (disˈplacer)
noun

displace in American English

(dɪsˈpleɪs; ˈdɪspleɪs)
verb transitiveWord forms: disˈplaced or disˈplacing
1. 
to move from its usual or proper place
2. 
to remove from office; discharge
3. 
to take the place of; supplant or replace (a person or thing that one is the causeof or occasion for removing, pushing aside, etc.)
a ship displaces a certain amount of water, factory workers that have been displaced by machines
SIMILAR WORDS:  reˈplace
Word origin
OFr desplacer: see di-1 & place

Examples of 'displace' in a sentence
displace

There are currently 65 million displaced people across the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
About 10,000 people have been killed in the fighting and three million have been displaced.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
More than 40 million people had been displaced during the conflict.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is a poor, rural area and is already housing more than 700,000 people displaced by fighting in other regions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Earlier this month I was in northern Nigeria visiting camps for internally displaced people and villages being attacked by militia.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Two million people have been displaced by the conflict.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than a million displaced by the fighting.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 Gas is clearly displacing coal and new nuclear is years away.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Maybe he has displaced one but he could hardly walk and had to sit out training.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The nine million others displaced by the war are not so lucky.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The first hours after a disaster are critical in organising recovery efforts and helping displaced people.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
More than a million people are displaced.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She was just one of half a million displaced people in makeshift camps.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced but little of military value was accomplished on either side.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Both sides have been accused of committing atrocities in a conflict that also displaced almost five million people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This was not a classic case of people displaced by war activities and seeking to return to their country of origin.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
The result is a beguiling and wistful study of displaced people that conveys the paradoxical loneliness and richness of cosmopolitan life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At least 1.2 million people have been displaced within the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Heat pumps will displace gas boilers, but that will be a slow process.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Caring for the 99 sheep ranked higher with them than reaching the lost or displaced ones.
Christianity Today (2000)
Her detective was also displaced by the war to England.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Today no fewer than 12 million have been displaced.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That war killed two million, displaced four million and enslaved hundreds of thousands.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There are 60 million displaced people across the world and most want work.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
More than 8,000 civilians have been killed and a million displaced.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Nearly a third of the population has been displaced and 65,000 people have nowhere to return to.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the war and some 40 per cent of the population is on food aid.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The one seeks to displace the impotence of the opposition onto the flaws of her character: we failed because she is wicked and unfair.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989)
Britain must continue to provide aid to camps in the Middle East that can serve as a first port of call for those displaced by war.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
displace

British English: displace VERB
If one thing displaces another, it forces the other thing out of its place, position, or role, and then occupies that place, position, or role itself.
These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange.
  • American English: displace
  • Brazilian Portuguese: deslocar
  • Chinese: 取代
  • European Spanish: desplazar
  • French: remplacer
  • German: ablösen
  • Italian: rimpiazzare
  • Japanese: 取って代わる
  • Korean: 밀어 내다
  • European Portuguese: deslocar
  • Latin American Spanish: desplazar

Chinese translation of 'displace'

displace

(dɪsˈpleɪs)

vt

  1. (= supplant) 取代 (qǔdài)
  2. to be displaced [people] 背井离(離)乡(鄉) (bèi jǐng lí xiāng)
1 (verb) 
These factories have displaced tourism.
Synonyms
replace
the man who deposed and replaced him
succeed
She expects her Norwegian rival to succeed her as the best in the world.
take over from
supersede
It seems unlikely that democratically created dictionaries will supersede traditional ones.
oust
usurp
supplant
He may be supplanted by a younger man.
take the place of
He eventually took Charlie's place in the band.
crowd out
fill or step into (someone's) boots
2 (verb) 
In Europe alone, 30 million people were displaced.
Synonyms
force out
turn out
expel
Poisonous gas is expelled into the atmosphere.
throw out
oust
The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.
unsettle
kick out (informal)
eject
They were forcibly ejected from the restaurant.
evict
They were evicted from their apartment.
dislodge
The leader cannot dislodge her this time.
boot out (informal)
dispossess
turf out (informal)
3 (verb) 
Definition
to move (something) from its usual place
A strong wind is all it would take to displace the stones.
Synonyms
move
She waited for him to get up, but he didn't move.
shift
We shifted the vans and used the area for skateboarding.
disturb
His notes had not been disturbed.
budge
I pulled and pulled but I couldn't budge it.
misplace
disarrange
derange
4 (verb) 
Definition
to remove (someone) from a post or position of authority
They displaced him in a coup.
Synonyms
remove
The senate voted to remove him.
fire (informal)
She was fired from her job.
dismiss
the power to dismiss civil servants who refuse to work
sack (informal)
They were sacked for financial mismanagement.
discharge
He was dishonourably discharged from the army.
oust
depose
The president was deposed in a coup.
cashier
Many officers were cashiered on political grounds.
dethrone
The king was dethroned and went into exile.
remove from office

Additional synonyms

in the sense of budge
Definition
to move slightly
I pulled and pulled but I couldn't budge it.
Synonyms
dislodge,
move,
push,
roll,
remove,
transfer,
shift,
slide,
stir,
propel
in the sense of cashier
Definition
to dismiss with dishonour from the armed forces
Many officers were cashiered on political grounds.
Synonyms
dismiss,
discharge,
expel,
cast off,
drum out,
give the boot to (slang)
in the sense of depose
Definition
to remove from an office or position of power
The president was deposed in a coup.
Synonyms
oust,
dismiss,
displace,
degrade,
downgrade,
cashier,
demote,
dethrone,
remove from office

Synonyms of 'displace'

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