displace
displace is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To crowd out; to take the place of.
- transitive verb. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
- transitive verb. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.
- 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"
- verb. cause to move, usually with force or pressure
"the refugees were displaced by the war"
- verb. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today"
"The company terminated 25% of its workers"
- 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"
Synonyms
move, can, dismiss, fire, sack, terminate, preempt
Common word forms
displaced, displacer, displaces, displacing, displaceable, displacement
Words from these letters
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