Entry Word: displace

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to change the place or position of <the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didnʼt do any real damage> — see move 1
2 to force to leave a country <World War II displaced people all over Europe> — see banish 1
3 to take the place of <inefficient methods displaced by newer ones> — see replace 1