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. Irvin McCullough:

    Inspector General is not Inspector General because of brave whistleblowers willing to publicize Inspector General office's problems. In a community clouded by darkness, these whistleblowers provided a light and made a difference, we're looking forward to the President confirming an independent replacement with integrity. It's time for someone to right the ship.

  2. Ceveta President Jorge Alvarez:

    We don't have replacement parts because the government is not able to provide the hard currency we need, if I don't have dollars, I can't offer better service.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I'm proud to support the replacement plan released by the House of Representatives and encouraged by members of both parties.

  4. Chief Executive Kazuhiro Tsuga:

    Tesla has told us that LG Chem is only providing replacement batteries for the automaker's out-of-production Roadster models.

  5. Rusty Hicks:

    Although Mr. Faulconer doesn’t want to use his current professions on his official ballot designation when he runs as a replacement candidate in the gubernatorial recall election and instead wants to refer to his former position as Mayor of San Diego, the State’s elections law and related regulations could not be more clear.

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