| NOUN | act | replacing, replacement | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
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| Sounds | rihpley'sihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another. | |
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| Example | "replacing the star will not be easy" | |
| Synonym | replacement | |
| Narrower | novation | (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties |
| pitching change | replacing a pitcher in baseball | |
| supersedure, supersession | Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior | |
| supplanting, displacement | Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | |
| Broader | substitution, exchange, commutation | The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another |
| Spanish | reemplazo, remplazo | |
| Catalan | reemplaçament | |
| Verbs | 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) |
| replace | take the place or move into the position of | |
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