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displace Definition

dis·place (dis plās′, dis′-)

transitive verb -·placed′, -·plac′·ing

  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

Etymology: OFr desplacer: see dis- & place

displace Synonyms

displace

v.

  1. To remove

    uproot, dislodge, relocate, dismiss; see dismiss 2, remove 1.

  2. To take the place of

    replace, supplant, crowd out; see replace 2. See syn. study at replace.

displace Usage Examples

Object

  • fracture: Early prediction of failures in 203 elderly patients with displaced fractures.
  • ton: The Ship displaces 4,500 tons, has a length of 133 meters.
  • person: Anyone may enter information into the database about a displaced person they hope to find or are helping to find.
  • Kurd: By submerging it, the government would displace some 78,000 Kurds from their homes.
  • ton: They displace 16,000 tons when submerged - almost twice that of their predecessors.
  • million: Hundreds of thousands dead - millions displaced - desperate for aid and in fear for their lives.

Subject

  • fighting: Over 50,000 men, women and children have been displaced by recent fighting, which includes air, sea and land attacks.
  • tsunami: Temporary units for those displaced by the tsunami are still being assembled.
  • dam: Another concern is the relocation of the people to be displaced by the dam.
  • conflict: Stan's efforts have raised funds to help aid work for children displaced by the Bosnian conflict.
  • war: Every 60 seconds a child is orphaned or displaced by war.

Preposition: by

  • fighting: Over 50,000 men, women and children have been displaced by recent fighting, which includes air, sea and land attacks.
  • tsunami: Temporary units for those displaced by the tsunami are still being assembled.
  • dam: Another concern is the relocation of the people to be displaced by the dam.
  • conflict: Stan's efforts have raised funds to help aid work for children displaced by the Bosnian conflict.

Modifying Another Word

  • internally: Refugees, along with internally displaced people, rank among the most vulnerable people in our world.
  • minimally: Because more than 90 % of scapula fractures are minimally displaced, this noninvasive approach is effective for most.
  • laterally: Patello-femoral tilt may or may not exist with radiological subluxation in which the patella is displaced laterally.
  • forcibly: Forcibly displaced civilians often went to the urban centers for protection.
  • vertically: For clarity, the different plots are displayed on vertically displaced graphs which share the same X axis.