The growing power of the new mercantile aristocracy was beginning to displace the medieval nobility's control.
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Displace
//dɪsˈpleɪs//
Synonyms for "displace" (173 found)
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45 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- замествам verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- измествам verb (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced)
Catalan
4 entries- desallotjar verb (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced)
- desnonar verb (to move something or someone)
- desplaçar verb (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced)
- suplantar verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
Dutch
1 entries- onthemen verb (to move something or someone)
Finnish
4 entries- korvata verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- pakkosiirtää verb (to move something or someone)
- siirtää verb (to move something or someone)
- syrjäyttää verb (to have a weight equal to that of the water displaced)
German
4 entries- umsiedeln verb (to move something or someone)
- verdrängen verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- verlagern verb (to move something or someone)
- verschieben verb (to move something or someone)
Hungarian
4 entries- (relocate, resettle) kitelepít verb (to move something or someone)
- behelyettesít verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- elmozdít verb (to move something or someone)
- felvált verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
Ido
2 entries- desplasizar verb (to move something or someone)
- diplasar verb (to move something or someone)
Italian
2 entries- rimpiazzare verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- sostituire verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
Latin
1 entries- luxō verb (to move something or someone)
Portuguese
1 entries- deslocar verb (to move something or someone)
Spanish
4 entries- desahuciar verb (to move something or someone)
- desbancar verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- desplazar verb (to move something or someone)
- desplazar verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
Ukrainian
4 entries- витісняти verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- заміщати verb (to supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute)
- перемісти́ти verb (to move something or someone)
- переміщати verb (to move something or someone)
Sample sentences
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What language, if any, will displace English as the world's lingua franca?
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Whether AI will displace more highly skilled workers in the same way robots have replaced lower-skilled workers is hard to predict.
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This technology will undoubtedly displace millions of jobs.
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