'Displace' definitions:
Definition of 'displace'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
verb
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" [syn: preempt, displace]
verb
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire]
verb
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" [syn: move, displace]
Definition of 'Displace'
From: GCIDE
- Displace \Dis*place"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. d['e]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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To crowd out; to take the place of. [1913 Webster]
- Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. --London Times. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- You have displaced the mirth. --Shak.
- Syn: To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'displace'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act for,
- attend,
- banish,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- cart away,
- cashier,
- change places with,
- come after,
- crowd out,
- cut out,
- deconsecrate,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- delocalize,
- demote,
- deplume,
- deport,
- depose,
- deprive,
- dethrone,
- disarrange,
- disarticulate,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discrown,
- disemploy,
- disenthrone,
- disjoint,
- dislocate,
- dislodge,
- dismiss,
- disorder,
- displume,
- disturb,
- double for,
- drum out,
- eject,
- emanate,
- ensue,
- evict,
- excommunicate,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- fill in for,
- fire,
- follow after,
- follow up,
- furlough,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- go after,
- issue,
- kick,
- kick out,
- kick upstairs,
- lay aside,
- lay off,
- let go,
- let out,
- liquidate,
- luxate,
- make redundant,
- manhandle,
- misplace,
- move,
- oust,
- overtake,
- overthrow,
- pension,
- pension off,
- pinch-hit,
- purge,
- put aside,
- read out of,
- release,
- relegate,
- relieve,
- relocate,
- remove,
- remove from office,
- replace,
- represent,
- result,
- retire,
- sack,
- send,
- separate forcibly,
- set aside,
- shift,
- shunt,
- side,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stand in for,
- strip,
- strip of office,
- strip of rank,
- subrogate,
- substitute for,
- succeed,
- superannuate,
- supersede,
- supervene,
- supplant,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- swap places with,
- take away,
- throw out,
- track,
- trail,
- transfer,
- transport,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unchurch,
- uncrown,
- understudy for,
- unfrock,
- unhinge,
- unjoint,
- unmake,
- unsaddle,
- unseat,
- unsettle,
- unthrone,
- usurp