word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/displace.json

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{
    "term": "displace",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "displace",
            "heSheIt": "displaces"
        },
        "pastSimple": "displaced",
        "pastParticiple": "displaced",
        "ingForm": "displacing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to take the place of somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "be displaced (by somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.",
                    "contextForm": "be displaced (by somebody/something)"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "replace"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to force people to move away from their home to another place",
            "sensetop": "be displaced (by something)displace somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.",
                    "contextForm": "be displaced (by something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the dam is built it will displace 100 000 people.",
                    "contextForm": "displace somebody"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to move something from its usual position",
            "sensetop": "be displaced (by something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Check for roof tiles that have been displaced by the wind.",
                    "contextForm": "be displaced (by something)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to remove somebody from a job or position",
            "sensetop": "displace somebody",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "displaced workers"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to take the place of an amount of liquid when put or floating in it, used as a way of measuring size",
            "sensetop": "displace something",
            "labels": "(physics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The ship displaces 58 000 tonnes."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪs/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displace__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪsɪz/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displaces__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪst/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displaced__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displacing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪs/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displace__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪsɪz/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displaces__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪst/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displaced__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪsˈpleɪsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/displace/displacing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Old French desplacer."
}