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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•place /dɪsˈpleɪs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -placed, -plac•ing. - to compel (someone) to leave home or country:a faceless bureaucracy that displaces the people.
- to move or put out of place:to displace a joint.
- to take the place of;
replace:trying to displace me in my job.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•place (dis plās′),USA pronunciation v.t., -placed, -plac•ing. - to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- to move or put out of the usual or proper place.
- to take the place of;
replace; supplant:Fiction displaces fact. - to remove from a position, office, or dignity.
- [Obs.]to rid oneself of.
- dis-1 + place, perh. modeled on Middle French desplacer 1545–55
dis•place′a•ble, adj. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged relocate. Displace, misplace mean to put something in a different place from where it should be. To displace often means to shift something solid and comparatively immovable, more or less permanently from its place:The flood displaced houses from their foundations.To misplace is to put an object in a wrong place so that it is difficult to find:Papers belonging in the safe were misplaced and temporarily lost.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged depose, oust, dismiss.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: displace /dɪsˈpleɪs/ vb (transitive)- to move from the usual or correct location
- to remove from office or employment
- to occupy the place of; replace; supplant
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