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Displace Me — was a nationwide event hosted by the nonprofit Invisible Children Inc. on April 28, 2007. In 15 cities across the United States, 68,000 individuals came together to raise awareness about the situation of the displacement camps in northern Uganda … Wikipedia
Displace — Dis*place , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Displacing}.] [Pref. dis + place: cf. F. d[ e]placer.] 1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
displace — DISPLÁCE vb. III v. displăcea. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 DISPLÁCE vb. III. v. displăcea. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
displace — [v1] move, remove from normal place change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle,… … New thesaurus
displace — I (remove) verb banish, carry away, cart away, cast out, change the place of, clear away, convey, delocalize, deport, detach, discard, discharge, dislocate, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, disperse, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, exclude, exile … Law dictionary
displace — 1550s, from M.Fr. desplacer (15c.), from des (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + placer to place. Related: Displaced; displacing. Displaced person “refugee” is from 1944 … Etymology dictionary
displace — supplant, *replace, supersede Analogous words: transpose, *reverse. invert: shift, remove, transfer, *move: derange, disarrange, *disorder: *eject, oust, expel, dismiss … New Dictionary of Synonyms
displace — ► VERB 1) shift from the proper or usual position. 2) take over the place, position, or role of. 3) (especially of war or natural disaster) force (someone) to leave their home … English terms dictionary
displace — [dis plās′, dis′plās] vt. displaced, displacing [OFr desplacer: see DIS & PLACE] 1. to move from its usual or proper place 2. to remove from office; discharge 3. to take the place of; supplant or replace (a person or thing that one is the cause… … English World dictionary
displace — displaceable, adj. /dis plays /, v.t., displaced, displacing. 1. to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc. 2. to move or put out of the usual or proper place. 3. to take the place of; replace; supplant: Fiction displaces fact.… … Universalium
displace — UK [dɪsˈpleɪs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms displace : present tense I/you/we/they displace he/she/it displaces present participle displacing past tense displaced past participle displaced 1) to force someone to leave their own country and… … English dictionary
