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substitute
[ suhb-sti-toot, -tyoot ]
noun
- a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
Synonyms: equivalent, replacement, alternative
- (formerly) a person who, for payment, served in an army or navy in the place of a conscript.
- Grammar. a word that functions as a replacement for any member of a class of words or constructions, as do in He doesn't know but I do.
verb (used with object)
- to put (a person or thing) in the place of another.
- to take the place of; replace.
- Chemistry. to replace (one or more elements or groups in a compound) by other elements or groups.
verb (used without object)
- to act as a substitute.
adjective
- of or relating to a substitute or substitutes.
- composed of substitutes.
substitute
/ ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːt /
verb
- often foll by for to serve or cause to serve in place of another person or thing
- chem to replace (an atom or group in a molecule) with (another atom or group)
- logic maths to replace (one expression) by (another) in the context of a third, as replacing x + y for x in 3 x = k gives 3 x + 3 y = k
noun
- a person or thing that serves in place of another, such as a player in a game who takes the place of an injured colleague
- ( as modifier ) Often shortened tosub
a substitute goalkeeper
- grammar another name for pro-form
- another name for supply teacher
- nautical another word for repeater
- (formerly) a person paid to replace another due for military service
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Usage
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Derived Forms
- ˌsubstiˌtutaˈbility, noun
- ˌsubstiˈtutable, adjective
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Other Words From
- substi·tuta·ble adjective
- substi·tuta·bili·ty noun
- substi·tuter noun
- substi·tuting·ly adverb
- substi·tution noun
- substi·tution·al sub·sti·tu·tion·ar·y [suhb-sti-, too, -sh, uh, -ner-ee, -, tyoo, -], adjective
- substi·tution·al·ly adverb
- inter·substi·tuta·bili·ty noun
- inter·substi·tuta·ble adjective
- inter·substi·tution noun
- non·substi·tuted adjective
- nonsub·sti·tution noun
- nonsub·sti·tution·al adjective
- nonsub·sti·tution·al·ly adverb
- nonsub·sti·tution·ary adjective
- pre·substi·tute verb (used with object) presubstituted presubstituting
- presub·sti·tution noun
- prosub·sti·tution adjective
- un·substi·tuted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of substitute1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of substitute1
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Example Sentences
The substitute nurse says to him in a stage whisper, “You know, the doctor says no vodka.”
But in the end there is no substitute for government when it comes to war fighting.
Innovation is a poor substitute for insight, at least where boyhood is concerned.
This clean source of caffeine is the next noble, and healthy, substitute for your daily cup of coffee.
Annunziato and Akerman are in agreement that CrowdMed is best deployed as a supplement, not a substitute.
The "torfuge" (Fig. 31) is said to be a very satisfactory substitute for the centrifuge, and is readily portable.
Loss, where she was concerned, involved a permanent and irremediable bereavement—no substitute was conceivable.
If the auctioneer could afterward do this he might change the name, substitute another, and so perpetrate a fraud.
If any one of the parts should be lost or broken, it would require some ability in that country to contrive a substitute.
When sedimentation only is desired, the torfuge (Fig. 31) is a cheap and convenient substitute.
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