Substitute

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  • noun. One that takes the place of another; a replacement.
  • noun. A word or construction used in place of another word, phrase, or clause.
  • intransitive verb. To put or use (a person or thing) in place of another.
  • intransitive verb. To replace (one or more atoms or groups in a compound) by other atoms or groups.
  • intransitive verb. To take the place of another.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Put in the place or performing the functions of another; substituted.
  • noun. A person put in the place of another; one acting for or in the room of another; theatrical, an understudy; specifically (military), one who for a consideration serves in an army or navy in the place of a conscript; also, a thing serving the purpose of another.
  • noun. In calico-printing, a solution of phosphate of soda and phosphate of lime with a little glue or other form of gelatin, used as a substitute for cow-dung.
  • noun. Synonyms Proxy, alternate.
  • To put in the place of another; put in exchange.
  • To appoint; invest with delegated authority.
  • In chem., to replace (an atom or group) in the molecule of a compound by another atom or group. See substituent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • transitive verb. To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To use in place of something else, with the same function.
  • verb. In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y.
  • verb. In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X.
  • verb. To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
  • verb. To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)
  • noun. A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
  • noun. A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
  • adjective. serving or used in place of another
  • noun. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
  • noun. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
  • verb. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
  • adjective. artificial and inferior
  • verb. act as a substitute
  • verb. be a substitute
  • noun. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
  • Word Usage
    "It may be admitted at once that when the term substitute is interpreted without reference to this basis of fact it lends itself very easily to misconstruction."
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