displace

Definition of Displace in English :

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Verb

1. displace

cause to move, usually with force or pressure

Example Sentences:
'the refugees were displaced by the war'

2. displace, preempt

take the place of or have precedence over

Example Sentences:
'live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour'
'discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor'

preempt

3. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Example Sentences:
'The boss fired his secretary today'
'The company terminated 25% of its workers'

4. displace, move

cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Example Sentences:
'Move those boxes into the corner, please'
'I'm moving my money to another bank'
'The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant'

move

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Displace

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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)

Displace

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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 cause of or occasion for removing, pushing aside, etc.)

a ship displaces a certain amount of water, factory workers that have been displaced by machines

Displace

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tr.v. dis·placed, dis·plac·ing, dis·plac·es

1.

a. To move, shift, or force from the usual place or position: Wasn't the net displaced before the puck went in?

b. To force to leave a place of residence: The conflict displaced thousands of people.

2. To move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland or other place of residence: millions of refugees who were displaced by the war.

3. Chemistry To replace (an atom, radical, ion, or molecule) in a compound during a reaction.

4. Physics To push aside and occupy the physical space of (a volume of fluid): a boat that displaces 1,000 cubic meters of water.

5. To take the place of; supplant: when coal displaced wood as the dominant energy source.

6. To discharge from a job, office, or position.

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