Displace

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪsˈpleɪs/, /dɪzˈpleɪs/
• US IPA: /dɪsˈpleɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Origin

From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).

Full definition of displace

Verb

1. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
2. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
3. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.

Derived terms

• displacement
• displacive
• displaceable