displace

dis·place

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verb

To displace is defined as to force something to move, to move from a usual place, or to replace.

An example of displace is to have a terrible storm cause flooding that makes people need to move to different homes.
An example of displace is to take a trophy off of its place on the mantle.
An example of displace is to hire a new sports director before letting the original director go.

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displace

transitive verb

-·placed′, -·plac′ing

to move from its usual or proper place
to remove from office; discharge
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

Origin of displace

Old French desplacer: see dis- and place

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displace

transitive verb

dis·placed, dis·plac·ing, dis·plac·es

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.
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.
Chemistry To replace (an atom, radical, ion, or molecule) in a compound during a reaction.
Physics To push aside and occupy the physical space of (a volume of fluid): a boat that displaces 1,000 cubic meters of water.
To take the place of; supplant: when coal displaced wood as the dominant energy source.
To discharge from a job, office, or position.

Related Forms:

dis·place′a·ble
adjective

dis·plac′er
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present displaces, present participle displacing, simple past and past participle displaced)

To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
(of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.