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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. cause to move, usually with force or pressure;
- Example: "the refugees were displaced by the war"

2. take the place of or have precedence over;
- Example: "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"
- Example: "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
[syn: preempt, displace]

3. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
- Example: "The boss fired his secretary today"
- Example: "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
[syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate]

4. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;
- Example: "Move those boxes into the corner, please"
- Example: "I'm moving my money to another bank"
- Example: "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
[syn: move, displace]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Displace \Dis*place"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Displacing.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F.
   d['e]placer.]
   1. 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.
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   2. To crowd out; to take the place of.
      [1913 Webster]

            Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those
            seas.                                 --London
                                                  Times.
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   3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to
      discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the
      revenue.
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   4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            You have displaced the mirth.         --Shak.

   Syn: To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

displace
    v 1: cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the
         refugees were displaced by the war"
    2: 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" [syn: preempt, displace]
    3: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
       position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
       terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
       give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
       sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
       employ, engage, hire]
    4: 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" [syn: move, displace]