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 Definitions of Substitute  [ˈsʌb stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut]  

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Definition of 'Substitute' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) substitute
a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.

2.  substitute
(formerly) a person who, for payment, served in an army or navy in the place of a conscript.

3.  substitute
a word that functions as a replacement for any member of a class of words or constructions, as do in
He doesn't know but I do.

4. (v.t.) substitute
to put (a person or thing) in the place of another.

5.  substitute
to take the place of; replace.

6.  substitute
to replace (one or more elements or groups in a chemical compound) by other elements or groups.

7. (v.i.) substitute
to act as a substitute.

8. (adj.) substitute
of or pertaining to a substitute or substitutes.

9.  substitute
composed of substitutes.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L substitūtus, ptp. of substituere to put in place of =sub-sub - +-stituere, comb. form of statuere to set up, erect (cf. statue ))

Definition of 'Substitute' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) substitute, replacement
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

2. (noun) substitute, reserve, second-stringer
an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

3. (adj) stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
"the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"

4. (adj) utility(a), substitute(a)
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
"a utility infielder"

5. (adj) alternate, alternative, substitute
serving or used in place of another
"an alternative plan"

6. (verb) ersatz, substitute
artificial and inferior
"ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"

7. (verb) substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
"the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

8. (verb) substitute, sub, stand in, fill in
be a substitute
"The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"

9. (verb) substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
act as a substitute
"She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"


Definition of 'Substitute' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) substitute
to use sth or be used instead of another
I substituted maple syrup for honey in the recipe.; They substituted Jones for Gonzalez in the second half.; Gonzalez substituted for Jones.; the substitution of energy-saving light bulbs for regular ones; There were several substitutions during the game.

2. (noun) substitute
sb or sth that is used instead of another
The teacher was sick, so we had a substitute.; The plastic was used as a substitute for wood or metal.


Definition of 'Substitute' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Substitute
one who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

2. (noun) Substitute
a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man

3. (noun) Substitute
to put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange


Translation of 'Substitute' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to put in, or to take, the place of someone or something else
I substituted your name for mine on the list.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vervang Arabic flag Arabic: يُبَدِّل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: замествам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: substituir Czech flag Czech: dosadit; nahradit German flag German: ersetzen
Danish flag Danish: udskifte med Greek flag Greek: αντικαθιστώ, υποκαθιστώ Spanish flag Spanish: sustituir
Estonian flag Estonian: asendama Farsi flag Farsi: جانشين كردن Finnish flag Finnish: korvata
French flag French: substituer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַחֲלִיף Hindi flag Hindi: के स्थान पर रखना, प्रतिस्
Croatian flag Croatian: zamijeniti, nadomjestiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: helyettesít Indonesian flag Indonesian: menggantikan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: setjaí staðinn Italian flag Italian: sostituire Japanese flag Japanese: 代用する
Korean flag Korean: 대체하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pakeisti Latvian flag Latvian: aizvietot; aizstāt
Malay flag Malay: ganti Dutch flag Dutch: vervangen Norwegian flag Norwegian: erstatte, sette i stedet
Polish flag Polish: zastępować, zamieniać Persian flag Persian: جانشين كردن Pashto flag Pashto: د جا ځای نیول، پر ځای
Portuguese flag Portuguese: substituir Romanian flag Romanian: a sub­stitui Russian flag Russian: заменять
Slovak flag Slovak: nahradiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: nadomestiti Serbian flag Serbian: zameniti
Swedish flag Swedish: ersätta, vikariera för Thai flag Thai: เข้าแทนที่ Turkish flag Turkish: yerine koymak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 替代 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: заміняти Urdu flag Urdu: قاءم مقام بنانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đặt, dùng ai, cái gì thay Chinese flag Chinese: 替代

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