Displace
11displace — UK [dɪsˈpleɪs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms displace : present tense I/you/we/they displace he/she/it displaces present participle displacing past tense displaced past participle displaced 1) to force someone to leave their own country and… …
12displace — dis·place ( )dis plās vt, placed; plac·ing 1 a) to remove from the usual or proper place <in heterotopia the gray portions of the cord are displaced so that patches of gray matter are scattered among the bundles of white fibers (R. L. Cecil… …
13displace — See displace, misplace …
14displace — dis|place [dısˈpleıs] v [T] 1.) to take the place or position of something or someone = ↑replace ▪ Coal has been displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy. ▪ immigrants who displace US workers in the job market 2.) to make a group of… …
15displace — /dɪsˈpleɪs / (say dis plays) verb (t) (displaced, displacing) 1. to put out of the usual or proper place: to displace a bone. 2. to take the place of; replace. 3. to remove from a position, office, etc. –displaceable, adjective …
16displace — To take the place of; to remove; to remove a person from an office or position and put another person in his place. As applied to the act of a master of a ship in displacing an officer or seaman, to displace means to degrade or reduce to a lower… …
17displace, misplace — These words suggest putting something in a place Where it should not or ought not to be. To displace is to shift something (usually solid) more or less permanently from its accustomed place: The flood displaced every structure in that section of… …
18displace — transitive verb Etymology: probably from Middle French desplacer, from des dis + place place Date: 1549 1. a. to remove from the usual or proper place; specifically to expel or force to flee from home or homeland < displaced persons > b. to …
19displace — verb a) to move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland b) to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute …
20displace — Synonyms and related words: act for, attend, banish, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, carry away, carry off, cart away, cashier, change places with, come after, crowd out, cut out, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, delocalize, demote, deplume …
