displaced
displaced is the simple past and past participle of displace.
Meaning of displace
Verb
displace (third-person singular simple present displaces, present participle displacing, simple past and past participle displaced)
- To put out of place; to disarrange.
- Synonyms:
- outplace
- To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state2023 May 8, “Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state”, in BBC News
- To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
- Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind.
- To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- To repress.
- Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism.2017, Megan Garber, “The Case for Shyness”, in The Atlantic
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Questions about displaced
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- Displaced is the simple past and past participle of displace.
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