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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How to use replace in a sentence
Either measure the existing door you’re looking to replace, or measure the doorway you plan to hang the door in.
Build your own door and ascend to a higher level of DIY | Courtney Starr | November 20, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThat’s not to say that the Air will replace every MacBook Pro or Mac Pro out there.
Apple’s M1 chip makes the new MacBook Air shockingly good | Stan Horaczek | November 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceNothing replaces proper training when it comes to surviving a dangerous situation in the water.
Take a stab at spearfishing with these tips | Same Romano/Outdoor Life | November 16, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOne in which blockchain-based cooperatives replace today’s mega-corporate platform model.
Can the Ownership Economy Fix Internet Platforms? | Singularity Hub Staff | November 12, 2020 | Singularity HubFor another thing, the Astros, who hired Dusty Baker to replace Hinch, had no apparent interest in bringing him back.
For the Red Sox, rehiring Alex Cora makes sense. But it doesn’t look good. | Dave Sheinin | November 6, 2020 | Washington Post
They know players are a dime a dozen, disposable and replaceable.
But even though they see it all around them, they still don't really believe they're replaceable.
Not one from his sweetheart, for that would be either recoverable or replaceable with another.
He indignantly replied that she should thank God her life was spared, never mind her replaceable property.
Sinking of the Titanic | VariousIt shows us that in renouncing direct suggestion we have given up nothing that is not replaceable.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund FreudSince phosphoric acid has three replaceable hydrogen atoms, three sodium phosphates are possible,—two acid salts and one normal.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPhersonNo one was expected to be a mere automaton, useful but replaceable.
A History of Giggleswick School | Edward Allen Bell
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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