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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)

  1. To put out of place; to disarrange.
    Synonyms:
    outplace
  2. 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
  3. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  4. 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.
  5. To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  6. To repress.
    • Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism.2017, Megan Garber, “The Case for Shyness”, in The Atlantic

Words formed from displaced

Phrases with displaced

Questions about displaced

What is displaced the simple past and past participle of?
Displaced is the simple past and past participle of displace.

Words near displaced in the dictionary

  1. displacable
  2. displace
  3. displaceabilities
  4. displaceability
  5. displaceable
  6. displaced
  7. displaced homemaker
  8. displaced homemakers
  9. displaced people
  10. displaced person
  11. displaced persons

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