Definitions for surrogate
ˈsɜr əˌgeɪt, -gɪt, ˈsʌr-; -ˌgeɪtsur·ro·gate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surrogate, alternate, replacementnoun

   someone who takes the place of another person

2. deputy, surrogateadjective

   a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

3. foster, surrogateadjective

   providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

   "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surrogatenoun

   a surrogate mother.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. surrogatenoun

   A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

2. surrogatenoun

   A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.

3. surrogatenoun

   A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.

4. surrogatenoun

   A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.

5. surrogatenoun

   A surrogate or surrogate key is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.

6. surrogatenoun

   Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

7. surrogateverb

   To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

8. surrogateadjective

   Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

9. Etymology: From surrogatus, perfect passive participle of surrogare; a variant of subrogare, from sub + rogare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surrogatenoun

   A deputy; a delegate; the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge.

   Etymology: surrogatus, Latin.

2. To Surrogateverb

   To put in the place of another.

   Etymology: surrogo, Latin.

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1. surrogate

   A surrogate refers to a substitute or a replacement for someone or something else, particularly in the context of fulfilling a specific role or function. This term is often used in fields like medicine (surrogate mother), psychology (surrogate therapy), law (surrogate decision-maker), etc.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surrogatenoun

   a deputy; a delegate; a substitute

2. Surrogatenoun

   the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses

3. Surrogatenoun

   in some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates

4. Surrogateverb

   to put in the place of another; to substitute

5. Etymology: [L. surrogatus, p. p. of surrogare, subrogare, to put in another's place, to substitute; sub under + rogare to ask, ask for a vote, propose a law. See Rogation, and cf. Subrogate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surrogate

   sur′rō-gāt, n. a substitute: the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge.—ns. Sur′rogāteship; Surrogā′tion, subrogation; Surrogā′tum, that which comes in place of something else. [L. surrogāre, ātum—sub, in the place of, rogāre, to ask.]

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1. surrogate

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Anagrams for surrogate »

1. urogaster

How to pronounce surrogate?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say surrogate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surrogate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surrogate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of surrogate in a Sentence

1. John Hulsizer:

   It’s not the kind of vehicle Mr. Trump would ride through Iowa in, and these folks know that, but the Trump bus is now acting as a surrogate for Mr. Trump. It’s amazing to see 100 or 150 people come out.

2. Erick Erickson:

   I think Mike PenceVice is doing what Mike PenceVice can : saying the right things, defining Mike PenceVice as Mike PenceVice and not as Trump's surrogate, and helping others, but Mike PenceVice's kind of like a jet trying to land with a storm over the airport. Mike PenceVice's in a holding pattern until Donald Trump decides.

3. Tori Herridge:

   Let's say it works, and there's no horrible consequences. No surrogate elephant moms die, the idea that by bringing mammoths back and by placing them into the Arctic, you engineer the Arctic to become a better place for carbon storage. That aspect I have number of issues with.

4. Kate Andersen Brower:

   The first lady is the best surrogate you can get, especially when they can connect, like Jill Biden can, to bread and butter issues like education and child care, usually, first ladies have much higher approval ratings, so they can appeal to a broader audience than their husbands. They tend to be less polarizing because they usually do not weigh in on hot-button political issues.

5. Tamar Krishnamurti:

   For example, cholesterol can be a surrogate outcome for measuring the effectiveness of a drug to treat heart disease.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=surrogate
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=surrogate
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surrogate
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=surrogate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surrogate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=surrogate
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=surrogate