displace

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·place AW [displace displaces displaced displacing] BrE [dɪsˈpleɪs] NAmE [dɪsˈpleɪs] verb often passive (formal)
1. ~ sb/sth to take the place of sb/sth
Syn: ↑replace
•Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.
• (technical)The ship displaces 58 000 tonnes (= as a way of measuring its size).
2. ~ sb to force people to move away from their home to another place
•Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.
3. ~ sth to move sth from its usual position
•Check for roof tiles that have been displaced by the wind.
4. ~ sb (especially NAmE)to remove sb from a job or position
•displaced workers
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Old French desplacer.

Example Bank:
•If the dam is built it will displace 100 000 people.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  move, preempt