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English Dictionary: displace |
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2 results for displace |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- displace
- v
- cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the
refugees were displaced by the war"
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
Synonym(s): preempt, displace
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Synonym(s): displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate Antonym(s): employ, engage, hire
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
Synonym(s): move, displace
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Displace \Dis*place"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displaced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Displacing}.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F.
d[82]placer.]
1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper
place; to put out of place; to place in another situation;
as, the books in the library are all displaced.
2. To crowd out; to take the place of.
Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those
seas. --London
Times.
3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to
discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the
revenue.
4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.]
You have displaced the mirth. --Shak.
Syn: To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
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