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 Supersede implies that that which is replacing another is an improvement: The computer has superseded the typewriter.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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In this study, researchers used virtual reality to create the illusion that a participant's own arm had been replaced with a robotic prosthetic.
From Science Daily
In December, he lost two tyres after hitting a pothole, he replaced these but just one week later he hit another pothole and damaged another tyre.
From BBC
Angus Taylor -- a former energy minister -- replaces Sussan Ley, the party's first female leader who had been in office for less than a year.
From Barron's
The travelers will replace Crew-11, which returned to Earth in January a month earlier than planned in the first medical evacuation in the space station's history.
From Barron's
They reassigned his chief of staff and pressured his deputy to resign, replacing both with officials close to them.
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