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# displace

verb (displace, displaces, displaced, displacing)

«displace» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To displace something is to push it out of its place or take its place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#m1)
2. To displace people is to force them to leave their homes, for example because of war or floods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#m2)
3. In science, an object put in water displaces (pushes aside) some of the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, an object dropped into water displaces water and the level rises; the displaced water's volume equals the object's volume, a way to measure odd shapes. In geography and news, floods or wars displace families. Phrases: displaced people, displacement of water.

### Examples

- The stone displaced water and the level rose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#x1)
- Floods displaced thousands of families. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#x2)
- The new road displaced many birds from the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#x3)
- Measure how much water the toy displaces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#x4)
- A ship displaces a lot of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#x5)
- Weeds can displace native plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: displacement. In maths/science: volume of object = water level after − water level before; e.g. from 200 ml to 250 ml means 50 ml (50 cm³) was displaced.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «displace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displace/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«displace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/displace.html) on Mova free.