DISPLACEMENTS Synonyms
There are 21 hypernyms of the word displacements. (close relations)
Definition of DISPLACEMENTS
displaced
Best Alternative Words for DISPLACEMENTS
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| moves | verb, adverb, nounv, adv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of deciding to do something • the act of changing your residence or place of business • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game verb • change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically • cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense • move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion • change residence, affiliation, or place of employment • follow a procedure or take a course • be in a state of action • go or proceed from one point to another • perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon • give an incentive for action • arouse sympathy or compassion in • dispose of by selling • progress by being changed • live one's life in a specified environment • have a turn; make one's move in a game • propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting | ||||||||
| relocations | nounn | |||||||
noun • the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) • the act of changing your residence or place of business | ||||||||
| transfers | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of moving something from one location to another • someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another • the act of transferring something from one form to another • a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances • application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation • transferring ownership verb • transfer somebody to a different position or location of work • move from one place to another • lift and reset in another soil or situation • move around • cause to change ownership • change from one vehicle or transportation line to another • send from one person or place to another • shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes • transfer from one place or period to another | ||||||||
| uprootings | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
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| deracination | nounn | |||||||
noun • to move something from its natural environment • the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | ||||||||
| shift | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • a qualitative change • the time period during which you are at work • the act of changing one thing or position for another • the act of moving from one place to another • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other • a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time • the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters • a woman's sleeveless undergarment • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist verb • make a shift in or exchange of • change place or direction • move around • move very slightly • move from one setting or context to another • change in quality • move and exchange for another • move sideways or in an unsteady way • move abruptly • use a shift key on a keyboard • change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change • change gears • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | ||||||||
| supplanting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | ||||||||
| translation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language • a uniform movement without rotation • the act of changing in form or shape or appearance • (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same • (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm • rewording something in less technical terminology • the act of uniform movement | ||||||||
| displacement reaction | nounn | |||||||
noun • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | ||||||||
