replace
Americanverb (used with object)
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to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing).
Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- Synonyms:
- succeed
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to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of.
to replace a broken dish.
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to restore; return; make good.
to replace a sum of money borrowed.
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to restore to a former or the proper place.
to replace the vase on the table.
verb
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to take the place of; supersede
the manual worker is being replaced by the machine
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to substitute a person or thing for (another which has ceased to fulfil its function); put in place of
to replace an old pair of shoes
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to put back or return; restore to its rightful place
Related Words
Replace, supersede, supplant refer to putting one thing or person in place of another. To replace is to take the place of, to succeed: Ms. Jones will replace Mr. Smith as president. Supersede implies that that which is replacing another is an improvement: The computer has superseded the typewriter. Supplant implies that that which takes the other's place has ousted the former holder and usurped the position or function, especially by art or fraud: to supplant a former favorite.
Other Word Forms
- nonreplaceable adjective
- quasi-replaced adjective
- replaceability noun
- replaceable adjective
- replacer noun
- unreplaceable adjective
- unreplaced adjective
- well-replaced adjective
Etymology
Origin of replace
Example Sentences
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"This discovery could allow us to build fast-charging supercapacitors that store enough energy to replace batteries in many applications, and deliver it far more quickly."
From Science Daily
The new body will replace an advisory commission that previously handled such disputes, but unlike that commission its decisions will be binding.
From Barron's
That’s because the quality issue relates to the lifetime of the part before it needs to be replaced, the person said.
By Sunday evening, the donation booths were gone, replaced by police command tents.
In the early 1990s, Hayes hosted BBC Radio 2's breakfast show for a year - ultimately being replaced by Terry Wogan - then moved to the Sony Award-winning weekly phone-in, Hayes Over Britain.
From BBC
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