Dictionary

displace en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪzˈpleɪs/ (UK)
• /dɪsˈpleɪs/ (US)
• /dɪsˈpleɪs/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).

Meanings

1. To put out of place; to disarrange.
2. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
   • Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state 2023 May 8, “Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state”, in BBC News:
3. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
4. To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
   • All have gone the same way, and since the war have displaced up-to-date steam power on all their principal services by the all-conquering diesel. 1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
   • Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind.
5. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
6. To repress.
   • Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism. 2017, Megan Garber, “The Case for Shyness”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

Deriveds

retrodisplace · displacer · redisplace · displacive · displaceability · displaceable · displacement

Synonyms

outplace

Translations (50)

fi pakkosiirtää (to move something or someone) · it rimpiazzare (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · fi korvata (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · es desterrar (to move something or someone) · es desbancar (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · it sostituire (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · nl onthemen (to move something or someone) · bg замествам (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · de verdrängen (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · hu felvált (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · io diplasar (to move something or someone) · es reemplazar (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · la luxō (to move something or someone) · hu behelyettesít (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · bg измествам (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced) · scn allatari (to move something or someone) · es substituir (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · es desplazar (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · fi syrjäyttää (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced) · hu átveszi a helyét (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · hu kimozdít (to move something or someone) · pt deslocar (to move something or someone) · ca desallotjar (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced) · hu (relocate, resettle) kitelepít (to move something or someone) · scn scugnari (to move something or someone) · es reprimir (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · io desplasizar (to move something or someone) · hu helyébe lép (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · scn sustituiri (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · de verlagern (to move something or someone) · es suplantar (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · uk переміщати (to move something or someone) · ca suplantar (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · uk заміщати (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · hu elmozdít (to move something or someone) · es desahuciar (to move something or someone) · hu kiszorít (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced) · de verschieben (to move something or someone) · ca desnonar (to move something or someone) · fi siirtää (to move something or someone) · uk перемісти́ти (to move something or someone) · de vertreiben (to move something or someone) · uk витісняти (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · ca desplaçar (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced) · de umsiedeln (to move something or someone) · hu helyettesít (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · scn scurmari (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced) · scn scugnari (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute) · hu kiszorít (to move something or someone) · es desplazar (to move something or someone)