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desplazar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • displace verb To force people to leave their home or homeland.
  • scroll noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
  • shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.
  • swing verb To move back and forth or in a circular path while hanging from a fixed point.

Senses

desplazar is used for these senses in English:

  • displace To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • displace To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • scroll (ambitransitive, computing, GUI) To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.
  • swing (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

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.

scroll — full definition

  1. noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
  2. verb To move text or images on a screen up, down, or sideways to view more content.
  3. verb (informal) To browse social media aimlessly for long stretches of time.

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