dis ‧ place ‧ ment AC /dɪsˈpleɪsmənt/ BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ place , ↑ placement , ↑ placing , ↑ displacement , ↑ replacement ; verb : ↑ place , ↑ displace , ↑ misplace , ↑ replace ; adjective : ↑ displaced , ↑ misplaced , ↑ replaceable ]
[ Word Family: verb : ↑ displace ; noun : ↑ displacement ; adjective : ↑ displaced ]
1 . [uncountable] formal when a group of people or animals are forced to leave the place where they usually live
2 . [singular] technical the weight or ↑ volume of liquid that something replaces when it floats in that liquid – used especially to describe how heavy something such as a ship is