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Meaning displace meaning

What does displace mean?

displace

— verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure the refugees were displaced by the war — verb (= fire, terminate) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position The boss fired his secretary today The company terminated 25% of its workers — verb (= preempt) 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 — verb (= move) 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

Synonyms displace synonyms

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displace English » English

move shift dislocate replace dislodge remove transfer force out take turns supersede substitute for relocate crowd out translocate terminate take the place of supplant send away sack redeploy preempt out of position give the sack give the axe give notice fire expel disturb dismiss deport demote can unseat transpose transplant transfuse take away take switch supervene upon substitute submit saltate reschedule reposition reconfigure reassign put over put propagate

Topics displace topics

What do people use displace to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Take something from somewhere

Conjugation displace conjugation

How do you conjugate displace?

displace · verb

Examples displace examples

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Movie subtitles

Boats displace water.
Is it true that the new factories will displace 11 communities?
The gun will displace a 1.96-pound high-explosive.
Displace us and our capital. and 50 years must pass before the earth can be made. to produce the same wealth in any other form.
Displace one note and there would be diminishment.
Displace one phrase, and the structure would fall.
I displace her.
Sir, if we cut down their forest. we'd have to displace them, and they could cause trouble.
But I don't want to displace anybody.
Displace the uterus anteriorly. Check the other organs for penetrating injury.
Dale, you're in a position to displace it laterally.
We let the Germans take them, we're gonna lose our foothold and have to displace.
Displace!
The Apache try to displace the Whites from that territory.
Will, how long do you think it'll take the gas to displace all the air in this cellar?
Peasants that officer wants to displace.
Officer promised to Mezcal 20 stallions. If we displace the peasants.
Displace one note.
Displace one phrase and the structure would fall.
If I can displace my weight with something that weighs as much or more than I do, I'll be able to step off this thing.
Vibrate so fast that I could displace my molecular structure.
Are you afraid he'll displace you on the throne of Sura?
Displace one note. and there would be diminishment.
You displace.
We let the Germans take 'em, we'll lose our foothold and have to displace.
Displace.
But, Doyle, you mustn't let this scribbling, displace your medical career.
I can tell you that it's very common for patients to displace feelings they have for someone else onto their psychiatrist.
I can still move, if you need to displace.

News and current affairs

These external penalties can displace the internal sanctions we feel when we do wrong.
China's currency policy gives it a competitive advantage relative to other countries, allowing it to displace their exports to the US.
But, while green-energy subsidies generate more jobs in green-energy sectors, they also displace similar numbers of jobs elsewhere.
Speculation about what will replace them ranges from predictions of unexpected opportunities to forecasts of large-scale unemployment as machines displace most human labor.
The risk is that robotics and automation will displace workers in blue-collar manufacturing jobs before the dust of the Third Industrial Revolution settles.
They displace entire populations, leading to overcrowding and associated diseases, such as tuberculosis.
Public infrastructure investments displace private investments and the taxes necessary to finance them introduce further distortions in demand.
But increased competition, restructuring, and new technologies inevitably displace workers.
We appropriate land and resources for our purposes, release harmful wastes, and introduce alien species that displace natives.
In other words, Asia will displace not just the West, but even other emerging regions.
Imports of cheap Chinese goods threaten to displace regional production, particularly in labor-intensive manufacturing sectors that are finding it difficult to compete.
Having vaulted past Germany to become the world's biggest exporter, China now is set to displace Japan as the world's second largest economy.
In parts of the world where the rule of law is weak, criminal networks and corruption displace democratic processes.
Those who forcibly displace civilians in violation of international law must be held accountable in order to deter others in the future.
Second, even if a stronger bilateral mechanism is forged, it should not be allowed to displace the P-5 approach.
Of course, RMB appreciation may displace Chinese goods sold in the US.
But, in order to displace the US and assume the mantle of leadership in Asia, China must do more than pursue its own interests or contain potential rivals.
If immigration countries suffer from chronic unemployment because wages are overly generous and rigid, as seems the case in most West European countries, migrants who find work will simply displace nationals from their jobs.
Opponents argue, in pre-crisis language, that the FTT would reduce market efficiency and displace trading to other locations.

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