replace
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to replace a broken dish.
to restore; return; make good: to replace a sum of money borrowed.
to restore to a former or the proper place: to replace the vase on the table.
Origin of replace
1synonym study For replace
Other words for replace
Other words from replace
- re·place·a·ble, adjective
- re·place·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- re·plac·er, noun
- non·re·place·a·ble, adjective
- qua·si-re·placed, adjective
- un·re·place·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·placed, adjective
- well-re·placed, adjective
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How to use replace in a sentence
Rolled-up socks and laundry baskets have replaced balls and nets.
Kids are shooting hoops with rolled up socks, but pandemic physical education is not canceled | Kelly Field | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe team is coming off a 4-12 season and has hired Nick Caserio as its general manger and David Culley as its coach to replace Bill O’Brien, who was fired from both roles in October.
J.J. Watt will be released by Houston Texans at his request | Mark Maske | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostIf you don’t love it, weigh the cost of replacing it against starting over.
Replacing pieces of flatware or china can be a challenge. Here’s how to track them down. | Laura Daily | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostOne way to practice this, she said, is by creating new hope to replace the hope you’ve lost.
Politics and conspiracy theories are fracturing relationships. Here’s how to grieve those broken bonds. | Jeff Schrum | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostRiders of Metro’s Blue Line will need to seek alternatives starting Saturday as the transit agency shuts the line down for three months to replace platforms at two stations.
Two Blue Line Metro stations to close through late May for platform work | Justin George | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post
He also wants to “replace every existing organism with a better one.”
But this year, instead of simply voting against Boehner on Tuesday, at least two members of the group are vying to replace him.
It has grown from a rotten root—striving to replace human judgment with detailed dictates.
Because this food source could abruptly disappear at any time, cutworm moths cannot be counted on to replace pine nuts.
But Klein offers nothing specific to replace that structurelessness.
Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ Will Change Nothing | Michael Signer | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen cool, replace the acid with water, and examine for hemin crystals with two-thirds and one-sixth objectives.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddNew and feverish desires for luxuries replace each older want as satisfied.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockExtra howitzers will be most useful to replace pieces damaged by enemy batteries on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAnother would replace him, and there is little to choose among the men that garrison Condillac.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe old servant now and again crept in on soundless feet to replace with a freshly heated bottle of sak the one grown cold.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for replace
/ (rɪˈpleɪs) /
to take the place of; supersede: the manual worker is being replaced by the machine
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
to put back or return; restore to its rightful place
Derived forms of replace
- replaceable, adjective
- replaceability, noun
- replacer, noun
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