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Meanings of displace in English

Portuguese
despedir
Catalan
acomiadar
Spanish
finiquitar

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.

    despedir
    Portuguese
    deslocar
    Catalan
    moure
    Spanish
    mover

    To cause to move to a new place.

          deslocar
          Portuguese
          substituir
          Spanish
          reemplazar

          Take the place of or have precedence over.

                substituir

                Uproot.

                      Usage of displace in English
                      1
                      What the Minister calls for will displace the bulge to another location.
                      The Irish Times
                      2
                      The shame within him seemed to displace his strength and his manhood.
                      The Prussian Officer
                      3
                      The skinks compete with native species and were starting to displace them.
                      Radio NZ
                      4
                      From this day henceforth you shall live with those whom I displace.
                      Condensed Novels
                      5
                      Where Greek civilization had been firmly established, Latin could nowhere displace it.
                      Harvard Classics Volume 28 / Essays English and American
                      6
                      She doesn't displace the top of the ticket because veeps never do.
                      The Guardian
                      7
                      If jealous of your sweetheart, you will seek to displace a rival.
                      Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
                      8
                      O if idols e'er displace him, Tear them from his chosen throne!
                      California Sketches, New Series
                      9
                      In other words, how much water do you think animals displace?
                      Wired
                      10
                      That would displace coal and natural gas, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
                      The Guardian
                      11
                      All new species displace species that could not compete with them.
                      Pathfinder
                      12
                      The dam suffered delays after a campaign arguing it would displace local people.
                      Reuters
                      13
                      Take care that you do not displace the numbers in opening the package.
                      Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
                      14
                      Lin wanted to displace Isaac's concerns for her, for a time.
                      Perdido Street Station
                      15
                      The sword was to displace the pen, the hero the poet.
                      Rattlin the Reefer
                      16
                      But it doesn't actually have to displace social networks to succeed.
                      Wired
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                      Displace through the time
                      Displace across language varieties
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