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

The plenum didn’t name a replacement for He’s Politburo seat.

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In a major show of support, Labour MPs backed the benches to hear the speech - including her replacement as housing secretary Steeve Reed and Labour's Chief Whip Jonthan Reynolds.

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But unlike Ohtani, he has yet to swing a bat in anger, entering each game as a pinch-runner or defensive replacement.

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Six Flags said in August that Chief Executive Richard Zimmerman would exit by the end of the year and kicked off a search for a replacement.

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Up until now, the country's generating companies - working together in a war-time spirit of co-operation - have been able to restore power relatively quickly, but stocks of replacement equipment are not unlimited.

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Related Words

• reinstatement 
• restoration 
• stand-in