MEANING
1. To move someone or something out of a usual or occupied position.
2. To take the place of something previously established.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- displace residents
- displace an object
On the page
The project displaced several long-established communities.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- displace
- Past tense
- displaced
- Past participle
- displaced
- Present participle
- displacing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- displace
- Present continuous
- am/is/are displacing
- Present perfect
- have/has displaced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been displacing
- Past
- displaced
- Past continuous
- was/were displacing
- Past perfect
- had displaced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been displacing
- Future
- will displace
- Future continuous
- will be displacing
- Future perfect
- will have displaced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been displacing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: displace; displaces; displaced; displaced; displacing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, qualification. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: displaces.
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