Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

displace

/dɪsˈpleɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: dis-place
IPA: /dɪsˈpleɪs/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To put out of place; to disarrange.

verb

To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

verb

To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.

verb

To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.

verb

To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.

verb

Example Sentences

"Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state"
"Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind."
"All have gone the same way, and since the war have displaced up-to-date steam power on all their principal services by the all-conquering diesel."
"Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism."

Etymology

From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsˈpleɪs/
British English: /dɪsˈpleɪs/

Inflected Forms

displaces (present, singular) displacing (participle, present) displaced (participle, past) displaced (past)

Derived Forms

displaceability displaceable displacement displacer displacive redisplace retrodisplace

Synonyms

outplace move fire give notice can dismiss give the axe send away sack force out give the sack terminate

Rhymes With

place case face space face-to-face race base worst-case replace grace chase pace

Questions

How do you pronounce displace?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈpleɪs/.
What does displace mean?: To put out of place; to disarrange.
Where does displace come from?: From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).

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