displaced

[dis-pleyst]

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adjective

lacking a home, country, etc.

moved or put out of the usual or proper place.

noun

(used with a plural verb) persons who lack a home, as through political exile, destruction of their previous shelter, or lack of financial resources (usually preceded by the): After the earthquake, the displaced were temporarily housed in armories.

Origin of displaced

First recorded in 1565–75; displace + -ed²

Related formsun·dis·placed, adjective

displace

[dis-pleys]

verb (used with object), dis·placed, dis·plac·ing.

to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.

to move or put out of the usual or proper place.

to take the place of; replace; supplant: Fiction displaces fact.

to remove from a position, office, or dignity.

Obsolete. to rid oneself of.

Origin of displace

1545–55; dis-¹ + place, perhaps modeled on Middle French desplacer

Related formsdis·place·a·ble, adjectivepre·dis·place, verb (used with object), pre·dis·placed, pre·dis·plac·ing.un·dis·place·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms for displace

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2. relocate. 4. depose, oust, dismiss.

Synonym study

2. Displace, misplace mean to put something in a different place from where it should be. To displace often means to shift something solid and comparatively immovable, more or less permanently from its place: The flood displaced houses from their foundations. To misplace is to put an object in a wrong place so that it is difficult to find: Papers belonging in the safe were misplaced and temporarily lost.

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Related Words for displaced

deranged, removed, ectopic

Examples from the Web for displaced

Contemporary Examples of displaced

The aid—mainly food and medical equipment—is meant for Syrians displaced from their hometowns, and for hungry civilians.
U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS
Jamie Dettmer
October 20, 2014
Now that he and his family are displaced and the risks have escalated he wants to leave.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas
Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla
September 28, 2014
Displaced girls, especially, face the triple jeopardy of war, domestic violence and attacks from neighboring men.
The Young Girls Escaping the ISIS War
Chandra Kellison
September 16, 2014
Reality shows are as tightly storylined and produced as drama, the genre they displaced.
‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ Loses a Leg in Sixth-Season Finale
Tim Teeman
July 23, 2014
When you look at Iraq, some people say 200,000 civilians have died there and millions have been displaced.
Mark Ruffalo Blasts Iraq’s GOP Warmongers, Talks ‘Begin Again’ and ‘Avengers’
Marlow Stern
June 30, 2014

Historical Examples of displaced

This was so unexpected that his wrath was, for the instant, displaced by astonishment.
The Woman-Haters
Joseph C. Lincoln
Was I to get on to the top form of my division, and if so, was it Langrish or Purkis who was to be displaced?
Tom, Dick and Harry
Talbot Baines Reed
All the old-time flowers are favorites there and refuse to be displaced by any newcomer.
Patchwork
Anna Balmer Myers
On reaching my mother's tomb we saw that the stone was displaced.
The Man With The Broken Ear
Edmond About
It is a cavalry barracks: dragoons have displaced Dominicans.
Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853
Various

British Dictionary definitions for displaced

displace

verb (tr)

to move from the usual or correct location

to remove from office or employment

to occupy the place of; replace; supplant

to force (someone) to leave home or country, as during a war

chem to replace (an atom or group in a chemical compound) by another atom or group

physics to cause a displacement of (a quantity of liquid, usually water of a specified type and density)

Derived Formsdisplaceable, adjectivedisplacer, noun

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Word Origin and History for displaced

displace

1550s, from Middle French desplacer (15c.), from des- (see dis-) + placer "to place." Related: Displaced; displacing. Displaced person "refugee" is from 1944.