This tool relates English terms to concepts from the
SUMO
ontology by means of mappings to
WordNet synsets.
According to WordNet, the verb "displace" has 4 sense(s).
202402825 terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".
202406011 take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor".
201850315 cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant".
