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- pronunciation:
- dIs
pleIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
displaces, displacing, displaced |
definition 1: |
to force out of a home territory or particular place.
Many families were displaced by the flood.- synonyms:
- expel, uproot
- similar words:
- banish, evict, exile, oust, transfer
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definition 2: |
to move out of the usual or proper place.
Someone must have displaced the things on my desk.- synonyms:
- move, remove
- antonyms:
- replace
- similar words:
- confuse, disorder, shift, upset
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definition 3: |
to take the place of.
Computers have displaced typewriters in most offices.- synonyms:
- replace, succeed
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related words: |
deport, misplace |
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derivation: |
displacer (n.) |
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