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1. (v.t.) replace
to assume the function of; substitute for:
to replace gas lights with electric lights.
2. replace
to provide a substitute for:
to replace a broken dish.
3. replace
to return; make good:
to replace borrowed money.
4. replace
to restore to the proper place.
Etymology: (1585–95)
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| Definition of 'replace' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) replace
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
"He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
2. (verb) supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
take the place or move into the position of
"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
3. (verb) replace, put back
put something back where it belongs
"replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
4. (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"
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1. (verb) replace
to be used or done instead of sb or sth else; = substitute
He's replacing his car with a newer model.; We can't replace employees who leave their jobs.
2. replace
to put sth back in its place
Please replace the books after use.
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| Definition of 'replace' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) replace
to place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like
2. (verb) replace
to refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed
3. (verb) replace
to supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document
4. (verb) replace
to take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of
5. (verb) replace
to put in a new or different place
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Sense: to put, use etc (a person, thing etc), or to be put, used etc, in place of another
I must replace that broken lock; He replaced the cup he broke with a new one; Cars have replaced horses as the normal means of transport.
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 Afrikaans: vervang |
 Arabic: يَسْتَبْدِل |
 Bulgarian: заменям |
 Brazilian: substituir |
 Czech: vyměnit, nahradit |
 German: ersetzen |
 Danish: udskifte; erstatte |
 Greek: αντικαθιστώ |
 Spanish: sustituir |
 Estonian: asendama |
 Farsi: عوض کردن؛ جایگزین کردن |
 Finnish: korvata |
 French: remplacer |
 Hebrew: לְהַחֲלִיף |
 Hindi: बदले में रखना, हटाना |
 Croatian: zamijeniti, nadomjestiti |
 Hungarian: helyettesít, kicserél; pó |
 Indonesian: mengganti |
 Icelandic: skipta um; komaí staðinn |
 Italian: sostituire |
 Japanese: 取り換える |
 Korean: 대신하다 |
 Lithuanian: pakeisti |
 Latvian: nomainīt; aizstāt |
 Malay: meletakkan |
 Dutch: vervangen |
 Norwegian: erstatte |
 Polish: wymienić, zastąpić |
 Persian: عوض کردن؛ جایگزین کردن |
 Pashto: بيرته په ځاى كول، په ځاى |
 Portuguese: substituir |
 Romanian: aînlocui |
 Russian: заменять |
 Slovak: vymeniť, nahradiť |
 Slovenian: nadomestiti |
 Serbian: zameniti |
 Swedish: ersätta |
 Thai: แทนที่ |
 Turkish: değiştirmek |
 Taiwanese: 更換，替換 |
 Ukrainian: заміняти |
 Urdu: کسی چیز کو تبدیل کرنا |
 Vietnamese: thay thế |
 Chinese: 更换，替换 |
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