replace
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to replace a broken dish.
to restore; return; make good: to replace a sum of money borrowed.
to restore to a former or the proper place: to replace the vase on the table.
Origin of replace
1synonym study For replace
Other words for replace
Other words from replace
- re·place·a·ble, adjective
- re·place·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- re·plac·er, noun
- non·re·place·a·ble, adjective
- qua·si-re·placed, adjective
- un·re·place·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·placed, adjective
- well-re·placed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for replace
/ (rɪˈpleɪs) /
to take the place of; supersede: the manual worker is being replaced by the machine
to substitute a person or thing for (another which has ceased to fulfil its function); put in place of: to replace an old pair of shoes
to put back or return; restore to its rightful place
Derived forms of replace
- replaceable, adjective
- replaceability, noun
- replacer, noun
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