displace

• Глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по перемещению чего-либо с его обычного или правильного места, или занятия места чего-либо или кого-либо.

A verb used to indicate the act of moving something from its usual or proper position, or taking the place of something or someone.

1. Move from usual placeB2formal

   To force something or someone out of its usual or original position.

   Переместить

   • The earthquake displaced thousands of people from their homes.
   • The new dam will displace several villages.
   • The heavy rain displaced the soil on the hillside.

   Synonymsdislocatedislodgeevictmoveoustrelocateshifttransfer

   Antonymsanchorfixsecure

2. Take the place ofB2formal

   To replace something or someone, often by force or necessity.

   Вытеснить

   • Digital cameras have largely displaced film cameras.
   • The new manager displaced the previous team leader.
   • Electric cars are beginning to displace traditional gasoline vehicles.

   Synonymsdislodgeoustreplacesupersedesupplant

   Antonymskeeppreserveretain

3. Physics: volume of fluidC1formalscientific

   To cause a fluid to move and be replaced by a solid object.

   Вытеснять

   • The ship displaces a large volume of water.
   • Archimedes discovered that an object displaces its own weight in fluid.
   • The submerged rock displaced the water in the tank.

   Synonymsdispossessexpelforce outmovepush asideshift