verlagern — meaning in English

English meaning

• displace verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.
• relocate verb To move to a new place, or to move something to a new place.
• shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.
• shunt verb To move something (often a train) onto a different track or path.

Senses

verlagern is used for these senses in English:

• displace To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
• relocate (transitive) to move (something) from one place to another.
• shunt (transitive, obsolete, Britain, dialectal) To turn aside or away; to divert.

displace — full definition

1. verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.
2. verb To take the place of something or someone, often by being better suited.
3. verb To move something out of its normal or original position.

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