displace

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verb

1. cause to move, usually with force or pressure (Freq. 1)
- the refugees were displaced by the war
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
dislocate, dislodge, bump, transplant, transfer,
force out, crowd out, evacuate, uproot, deracinate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. take the place of or have precedence over
- live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
- discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
• Syn:
preempt
• Hypernyms:
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. terminate the employment of;
discharge from an office or position
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe,
send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire (for: fire)
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sack), sacking (for: sack), dismissible (for: dismiss), dismission (for: dismiss), dismissal (for: dismiss), firing (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the axe)
4. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- Move those boxes into the corner, please
- I'm moving my money to another bank
- The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
• Syn:
move
• Derivationally related forms:
moveable (for: move), movable (for: move), move (for: move), movement (for: move), mover (for: move)
• Hyponyms:
mobilize, mobilise, circulate, relocate, dislocate,
luxate, splay, slip, translate, station, post,
send, place, agitate, vex, disturb, commove,
shake up, stir up, raise up, transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise, funnel, brandish, flourish,
wave, pull, draw, force, carry, tug,
disarrange, put, set, pose, position, lay,
engage, mesh, lock, operate, propel, impel,
launch, set in motion, wind, wrap, roll, twine,
unwind, wind off, unroll, wedge, squeeze, work,
spill, shed, disgorge, slop, splatter, unseat,
separate, disunite, divide, part, uproot, extirpate,
deracinate, root out, press down, depress, lift, flick,
ruffle, riffle, take back, center, centre, pump,
scan, jar, bump around, dandle, revolve, push,
rock, sway, fluctuate, pulse, shift, dislodge,
reposition, glide, stir, play, overturn, tip over,
turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over, ship,
direct, saltate, lower, take down, let down, get down,
bring down, raise, elevate, get up, bring up, drop,
sink, advance, bring forward, chase away, drive out, turn back,
drive away, dispel, drive off, run off, herd, crowd,
pass around, pass on, distribute, rout out, force out, rouse,
drive, race, rush, woosh, whoosh, pour,
exteriorize, bring outside, upstage, swing, turn, slide,
run, whistle, beat, flap, singsong, hustle,
wash, rake, blow, drag, lateralize, hit,
hit, sling, change hands, change owners, expel,
throw out, kick out
• Verb Group:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Cause:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  move, preempt