replacement

[ri-pleys-muhnt]

noun

1. the act of replacing.

2. a person or thing that replaces another.

   summer replacements for vacationing staff; a replacement for a broken dish.

3. Military.,  a sailor, soldier, or airman assigned to fill a vacancy in a military unit.

4. Also called metasomatism. Geology.,  the process of practically simultaneous removal and deposition by which a new mineral grows in the body of an old one.

replacement

/ rɪˈpleɪsmənt /

noun

1. the act or process of replacing

2. a person or thing that replaces another

3. geology the growth of a mineral within another of different chemical composition by gradual simultaneous deposition and removal

4. Also called: petrification. a process of fossilization by gradual substitution of mineral matter for the original organic matter

Other Word Forms

• nonreplacement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of replacement¹

First recorded in 1780–90; replace + -ment

Example Sentences

An injury to his captain will be Tuchel's biggest fear, particularly as ready-made replacements are hardly forming an orderly queue.

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He then told Bellingham he would have to fight for his place in the team at the World Cup because Aston Villa's Rogers had played so well as his replacement.

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Menopausal hormone therapy, or hormone replacement therapy, as it is also called, was once commonly prescribed to combat declining estrogen levels in middle-aged women.

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Biofuels such as ethanol are often touted as a replacement for fossil fuels, but they can lead to deforestation as demand increases for the crop to burn to make the fuel.

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Japan replacement lock Harry Hockings was given a yellow card on his debut for a dangerous tackle on Mann.

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Related Words

• reinstatement 
• restoration 
• stand-in