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displace

/ displace /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
force to move
"the refugees were displaced by the war"
Type of:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 2
take the place of
Type of:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
"The war uprooted many people"
Type of:
place
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 4
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
"The colonists displaced the natives"
Type of:
resettle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 5
"The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
Type of:
expel eject chuck out
Kinds of:
throw
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
cause to move, 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"
Verb group:
travel go move locomote
Causes:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
69%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
38
Times Searched
3
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