displace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To put out of place; to disarrange.
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.
To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
To repress.

/dɪsˈpleɪs/ /dɪzˈpleɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-displace.wav

displace displaces displacing displaced

From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).

outplace

displaceability displaceable displacement displacer displacive redisplace retrodisplace

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