How to Pronounce "displace"
word
dɪsˈpɫeɪs
dis-PLAYS
dɪsplˈeɪs
dis-PLAYS
Definition
To force someone or something to move from its usual place; or to take the place of something else.
IPA Transcription
American English
dɪsˈpɫeɪs
British English
dɪsplˈeɪs
Simplified Pronunciation
US
dis-PLAYS
UK
dis-PLAYS
Listen in Context
Many families were displaced by the flooding.
A new factory will displace the old marketplace.
The wind displaced the chairs on the patio.
New technologies often displace older ways of working.