| query | If a person or group of people is d________, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live .If a person or group of people is displaced, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live . In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced. Most of the civilians displaced by the war will be unable to return to their homes. ...the task of resettling refugees and displaced persons. |
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| word | displace |
| full-definition | verb If one thing displaces another, it forces the other thing out of its place, position, or role, and then occupies that place, position, or role itself. These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange. Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power. If a person or group of people is displaced, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live . In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced. Most of the civilians displaced by the war will be unable to return to their homes. ...the task of resettling refugees and displaced persons. |
| inflections | displacesdisplacingdisplaced |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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