What does Replacement mean?

Definitions for Replacement
rɪˈpleɪs məntre·place·ment

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Replacement.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. replacement, replacingnoun

    the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

    "replacing the star will not be easy"

  2. surrogate, alternate, replacementnoun

    someone who takes the place of another person

  3. substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switchnoun

    an event in which one thing is substituted for another

    "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

  4. substitute, replacementnoun

    a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

  5. refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewalnoun

    filling again by supplying what has been used up

  6. successor, replacementnoun

    a person who follows next in order

    "he was President Lincoln's successor"

Wiktionary

  1. replacementnoun

    A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

  2. replacementnoun

    The act of replacing something.

ChatGPT

  1. replacement

    Replacement refers to the act or process of substituting, exchanging, or superseding one thing for another. It may also refer to the thing that has been substituted or replaced. This term finds widespread usage in various contexts such as manufacturing, technology, business, biology, and more. The concept of replacement implies taking away or discontinuing the current thing and introducing the new one in its place.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Replacementnoun

    the act of replacing

  2. Replacementnoun

    the removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Replacement' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3648

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Replacement' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4625

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Replacement' in Nouns Frequency: #1410

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Replacement in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Replacement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Replacement in a Sentence

  1. Mitch McConnell:

    The American people have given us an opportunity to govern. We're no longer just floating ideas ... we have an obligation now to the American people to deliver a replacement for Obamacare that is better than the status quo.

  2. Deutsche Post:

    The group recognised the need to weigh potential alternatives and will implement a step-by-step replacement and upgrade of its IT set-up.

  3. Marty Spate:

    [ Tastry is ] not a replacement for the modern winemaking team.

  4. Kelly Ripa:

    Looking back on the history of ‘Live’s' replacement of co-hosts they really do seem to take their time, however, Kelly Ripa's fury at her treatment by ABC during Strahan's departure has hardly been a secret. It's very possible that the network has been more concerned with their treatment of her than they've been with seating a co-host beside her. After all, if they lose her, then they have no show and it wouldn't matter who was chosen.

  5. Karol Okonski:

    Poland is not able to finance the replacement of Huawei equipment by the (telecoms) operators.

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