replace

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verb (used with object),re·placed, re·plac·ing.

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

First recorded in 1585–95; re- + place

synonym study For replace

1. 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 Supersede implies that that which is replacing another is an improvement: The computer has superseded the typewriter.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 words for replace

1	succeed
3	refund, repay

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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

Ellison says that roughly two-thirds of revenue comes from things customers have no choice but to address, such as replacing a broken heater or appliance, or fixing a leak, so the bulk of the business is stable.
How Lowe’s and Home Depot plan to keep growing even after the COVID home improvement boom | Phil Wahba | November 20, 2020 | Fortune
The magic in the right arm of quarterback Kyler Murray was replaced by discomfort in his throwing shoulder.
Kyler Murray runs out of miracles as Seahawks hang on to take over first place in NFC West | Mark Maske | November 20, 2020 | Washington Post
After parting ways with coach Billy Donovan and replacing him with first-timer Mark Daigneault, Oklahoma City has also reportedly agreed to trade Dennis Schroder, one of the league’s leading sixth men, to the Los Angeles Lakers.
NBA free agency tracker (plus trades): Warriors acquire Kelly Oubre; 76ers trade Al Horford to Thunder | Ben Golliver | November 20, 2020 | Washington Post
The Blue Angels have replaced the Hornet, a jack-of-all-trades workhorse, with the newer and bigger Super Hornet.
Blue Angels jet gets a new home at Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum | By Michael E. Ruane | November 19, 2020 | Washington Post
There she met Reid, the actress who replaced her on the show, for the first time.
‘I lost everything’: Janet Hubert confronts Will Smith about their falling out in the ‘Fresh Prince’ reunion | Helena Andrews-Dyer | November 19, 2020 | Washington Post

Riots broke out in 1994, after Iranian authorities replaced a Sunni mosque in Mashad with a development project.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The legal jungle must be bulldozed, and replaced by radically simpler framework of goals and principles.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans | Philip K. Howard | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The “smile through tears” had replaced the previous mindset that laughing was for the poor.
The French Court’s Royal Ban on Smiles | William O’Connor | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The prize will not be replaced if lost, mutilated, or stolen.
The Daily Beast Company LLC The New Alphas Sweepstakes Official Rules | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Why has Michael Bloomberg replaced his longtime lieutenant with the editor-in-chief of The Economist?
Inside Bloomberg News’ Shock Shake-Up | Lloyd Grove | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Aristide replaced the baby, and with a complicated arrangement of string fastened it securely to the seat.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
The girl smiled, and drew out a large key, and nodded, still smiling as she replaced it.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
It was destroyed in the fire, but has been replaced, and few could tell the present bust is not the original one.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
And, running rapidly into the room, he replaced the light on the table, so that they were full in view.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 | Various
When the orange-and-red banner was actually replaced by the Stars and Stripes, many in the crowd shed tears.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman

British Dictionary definitions for replace

replace

/ (rɪˈpleɪs) /

verb(tr)

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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