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AWL Sublist 8 · Academic Word
displacement
/dɪsˈpleɪsmənt/ Syllables: dis·place·ment
English Illustration
Arabic Translation & Context
Synonyms & Antonyms
The act of moving something from its place, or forcing people to leave their homes.
Synonyms
relocation
removal
uprooting
Antonyms
settlement
stability
Translations
displacement in Arabic
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Arabic Meaning
إزاحة، تهجير
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Easy Explanation (Arabic)
تحريك شيء من مكانه الأصلي، أو إجبار الناس على مغادرة بيوتهم.
Easy Explanation
Plain English Breakdown
Displacement means moving from place or being forced to leave. Geography lectures study displacement when conflict drives populations across international borders.
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Memory TipDis-place — displacement is being placed away from home.
Contextual Examples
How to use in a sentence
War caused mass displacement that humanitarian agencies documented in annual refugee statistics reports.
Engineering students calculated displacement vectors to predict structural movement under simulated earthquake loads.
Economic displacement followed factory closures, prompting policy seminars on regional workforce retraining programmes.
Word Families & Pronunciation
displacement
| PART OF SPEECH | FORM |
|---|---|
| verb | displace |
| adjective | displaced |
| verb | displaces |
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