displaced
Use Displaced in a sentence
adjective
1.
lacking a home, country, etc.
2.
moved or put out of the usual or proper place.
noun
3.
( used with a plural verb ) persons who lack a home, as through political exile, destruction of their previous shelter, or lack of financial resources (usually preceded by the ): After the earthquake, the displaced were temporarily housed in armories.
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verb (used with object), dis·placed, dis·plac·ing.
1.
to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
2.
to move or put out of the usual or proper place.
3.
to take the place of; replace; supplant: Fiction displaces fact.
4.
to remove from a position, office, or dignity.
5.
Obsolete. to rid oneself of.
Related forms
dis·place·a·ble, adjective
pre·dis·place, verb (used with object), pre·dis·placed, pre·dis·plac·ing.
un·dis·place·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
2. 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. depose, oust, dismiss.
2. 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. depose, oust, dismiss.
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World English Dictionary
displace (dɪsˈpleɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to move from the usual or correct location |
| 2. | to remove from office or employment |
| 3. | to occupy the place of; replace; supplant |
| 4. | to force (someone) to leave home or country, as during a war |
| 5. | chem to replace (an atom or group in a chemical compound) by another atom or group |
| 6. | physics to cause a displacement of (a quantity of liquid, usually water of a specified type and density) |
| dis'placeable | |
| —adj | |
| dis'placer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
displace
1550s, from O.Fr. desplacer, from des- "dis-" + placer "to place." Related: Displaced. Displaced person refugee is from 1944.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Parts of the city, which is packed with displaced people, are still covered by a layer of purplish rock up to twelve feet thick.
It is only to be expected if such dreams give a displaced impression.
The loss falls mainly on the worker who is displaced.
But many of the displaced tenants of formerly rent-controlled buildings have simply disappeared.
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