Displace

/dɪsˈpleɪs/ verb

To put out of place; to disarrange.

What it means

  1. (verb) To put out of place; to disarrange.
  2. (verb) To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  3. (verb) To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  4. (verb) To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced. “Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind.”
  5. (verb) (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  6. (verb) To repress

Letter analysis

  • Displace contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 8 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 13.

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What does Displace mean?

To put out of place; to disarrange.

How many letters are in Displace?

Displace has 8 letters.

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