displace

• Verbo que se usa para indicar la acción de mover algo de su lugar habitual o correcto, o de ocupar el lugar de algo o alguien.

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.

   Desplazar de su lugar habitual

   • 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.

   Sinónimosdislocatedislodgeevictmoveoustrelocateshifttransfer

   Antónimosanchorfixsecure

2. Take the place ofB2formal

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

   Desplazar, reemplazar

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

   Sinónimosdislodgeoustreplacesupersedesupplant

   Antónimoskeeppreserveretain

3. Physics: volume of fluidC1formalscientific

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

   desplazar (fluido)

   • 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.

   Sinónimosdispossessexpelforce outmovepush asideshift