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- pronunciation:
- dIs
pleIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
displaces, displacing, displaced |
| definition 1: |
to force out of a homeland or established place.
The war displaced thousands of families.- synonyms:
- eject, expel, relocate, uproot
- similar words:
- banish, evict, exile, oust, transfer
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| definition 2: |
to move out of the customary or proper place.
I could see that things in my room had been displaced.- synonyms:
- move, remove
- antonyms:
- replace
- similar words:
- confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, relocate, shift, unsettle, upset
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| definition 3: |
to take the place of.
Compact disks displaced cassette tapes.- synonyms:
- replace, succeed, supersede
- similar words:
- supplant
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| definition 4: |
to force out of a position; oust.
The rebel government displaced the elected leadership.After years of winning the championship, our team was finally displaced.- synonyms:
- dislodge, eject, expel, oust, supplant
- antonyms:
- reinstate
- similar words:
- bounce, bump, cashier, depose, dismiss, purge, remove, unseat
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| related words: |
deport, eject, misplace, remove |
adverb + (v.)displace
completely, effectively, entirely, eventually, forcibly, gradually, internally, largely, partially, physically, rapidly, severely, slightly, temporarily, thereby
(v.)displace
+ adverb
anteriorly, laterally
(v.)displace
+ noun
anger,
ant,
anxiety,
commodity,
conflict,
consciousness,
dam,
discourse,
earthquake,
farmer,
fighting,
flood,
fossil,
fragment,
fuel,
gasoline,
habitat,
homeland,
hundreds,
hurricane,
inch,
invasion,
liter,
lobe,
manufacturing,
millions,
mode,
monster,
musician,
narrative,
norm,
peasant,
persecution,
persons,
species,
sperm,
thousands,
ton,
tsunami,
violence,
wildlife
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| derivation: |
displacer (n.) |
The word displace
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs ( dishearten
) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disaffect, disagree, disagreeable, disallow, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapproval, disapprove, disarm, disarray, disbelief, discard, discolor, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disdain, disengage, disgrace, disgust, dishearten, dishonest, disingenuous, disintegrate, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, dismissal, disobey, disorder, disorient, disown, disparity, dispense, displace, display, displease, displeasure, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissect, dissent, dissolution, dissolve, dissonant, dissuade, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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