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- pronunciation:
- dIs
pleIs
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
displaces, displacing, displaced |
| definition 1: |
to force out of a home territory or particular place.
Many families were displaced by the flood.- synonyms:
- expel, uproot
- similar words:
- banish, evict, exile, oust, transfer
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| definition 2: |
to move out of the usual or proper place.
Someone must have displaced the things on my desk.- synonyms:
- move, remove
- antonyms:
- replace
- similar words:
- confuse, disorder, shift, upset
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| definition 3: |
to take the place of.
Computers have displaced typewriters in most offices.- synonyms:
- replace, succeed
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| related words: |
deport, misplace |
| derivation: |
displacer (n.) |
The word displace
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs (dishearten) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disagree, disagreeable, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapprove, disbelief, discard, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disgrace, disgust, dishonest, disintegrate, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, disobey, disorder, disown, dispense, displace, display, displease, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissect, dissent, dissolve, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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