'displace' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'displace' with 3 example sentences.
- displace verb
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: cause to move, usually with force or pressure
: take the place of or have precedence over
: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
What language, if any, will displace English as the world's lingua franca?
The villagers were displaced by the construction of a dam.
The Anglo-Saxons displaced the Celts.