English > replace: 4 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient / inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something with something |
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| Examples | - "He replaced the old razor blade"
- "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"
- "the insurance will replace the lost income"
- "This antique vase can never be replaced"
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| Narrower | change, exchange, commute, convert | Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category |
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| change | Remove or replace the coverings of |
| novate | Replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one |
| Broader | regenerate, renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new |
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| Similar to | supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon | Take the place or move into the position of |
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| Spanish | reemplazar, remplazar, substituir, sustituir |
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| Catalan | reemplaçar, substituir |
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| Nouns | replacement, replacing | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
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| replacement | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
| replacement | an event in which one thing is substituted for another |
| replacement | someone who takes the place of another person |
English > replace: 4 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | Take the place or move into the position of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Examples | - "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"
- "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
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| Synonyms | supplant, supersede, supervene upon |
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| Narrower | oust | Remove and replace |
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| preempt, displace | Take the place of or have precedence over |
| substitute, deputize, deputise, step in | act as a substitute |
| usurp | Take the place of |
| Broader | succeed, come after, follow | Be the successor (of) |
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| Similar to | replace | Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient / inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) |
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| replace, put back | put something back where it belongs |
| Spanish | reemplazar, substituir, suplantar, sustituir |
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| Catalan | reemplaçar, substituir |
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| Nouns | replacement, replacing | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
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| replacement | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
| replacement | someone who takes the place of another person |
English > replace: 4 senses > verb 4, possession| Meaning | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something with something |
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| Example | "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt" |
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| Synonyms | substitute, interchange, exchange |
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| Narrower | reduce | simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another |
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| retool | Provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools |
| shift | Move and exchange for another |
| subrogate | Substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured |
| truncate | Replace a corner by a plane |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Spanish | canjear, intercambiar, reemplazar, substituir, suplir, sustituir |
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| Catalan | reemplaçar, substituir, suplir |
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| Nouns | replacement | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
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