Definitions for displace

displace dis·place

Spelling: [dis-pleys]
IPA: /dɪsˈpleɪs/

Displace is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 502 anagrams from letters in displace (acdeilps).

Definitions for displace

verb (used with object)

  1. to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
  2. to move or put out of the usual or proper place.
  3. to take the place of; replace; supplant:
  4. to remove from a position, office, or dignity.
  5. Obsolete. to rid oneself of.

Origin of displace

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

Examples for displace

As someone who rejects that view, play futurist for a second: What kind of technologies could displace the Internet?

We floated like corks, we were so light, and so little water did we displace.

The 40th mile of capacity will displace gasoline only on trips over 40 miles.

Gates endeavored to displace Washington, but ruined himself in the attempt.

The yellow newspapers thrive and displace all the others because he likes them.

There was an interval of slight awkwardness, which Susy endeavored to displace.

The first mile worth of battery capacity added to the vehicle will displace gasoline every time you use it.

And yet stories of individual acts of kindness and bravery are beginning to displace the horror.

The nation did not send them to displace, but to support me.

But as machines continue to displace humans in a range of fields, they may exacerbate our structural problems with jobs growth.

Word Value for displace
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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