The automobile has displaced the horse and buggy.
SYNONYM(S): replace, supplant.The mayor displaced the police chief.
Please do not displace any of my tools. A floating object displaces its own weight of liquid.
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dis|place|a|ble — «dihs PLAY suh buhl», adjective. that can be displaced; liable to be displaced … Useful english dictionary
dis|place|ment — «dihs PLAYS muhnt», noun. 1. the act of displacing. 2. a being displaced: »His laziness caused his displacement from office. 3. a) the weight of the volume of liquid or gas displaced by a body floating in it. This weight is equal to that of the… … Useful english dictionary
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ret|ro|dis|place|ment — «REHT ruh dihs PLAYS muhnt», noun. displacement backward: »retrodisplacement of the uterus … Useful english dictionary
dis·place·ment — /dıˈspleısmənt/ noun, pl ments 1 : the act of displacing something: such as 1 a : the act of forcing people or animals to leave the area where they live [noncount] The war has caused the displacement of thousands of people. [count] population… … Useful english dictionary
place — dis·place; dis·place·able; em·place; em·place·ment; im·place·ment; mis·place; place; place·able; place·less; place·man; place·ment; re·place; re·place·abil·i·ty; re·place·able; re·place·ment; trans·place; la·place; dis·place·ment;… … English syllables
dis — dis·accord; dis·advantage; dis·affect; dis·aggregate; dis·ap·pear; dis·array; dis·bar; dis·burse; dis·card; dis·charge; dis·ci·ple; dis·ci·pli·nar·i·an; dis·ci·pline; dis·claim; dis·close; dis·co; dis·co·glos·sid; dis·coid; dis·coi·dal;… … English syllables
DIS Deutscher Industrie Service — AG Rechtsform Aktiengesellschaft Gründung (1967) / 1997 … Deutsch Wikipedia
dis|patch — «dihs PACH», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to send off to some place or for some purpose: »to dispatch a telegram. The captain dispatched a boat to bring a doctor on board ship. 2. to get (something) done promptly or speedily: »The teacher dispatched the… … Useful english dictionary
dis|lodge — «dihs LOJ», verb, lodged, lodg|ing. –v.t. to drive or force out, as of a place or position: »The workman used a crowbar to dislodge a heavy stone from the wall. Heavy gunfire dislodged the enemy from the fort. –v.i. to go away from a lodging… … Useful english dictionary
