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noun
1.
a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
2.
(formerly) a person who, for payment, served in an army or navy in the place of a conscript.
3.
Grammar. a word that functions as a replacement for any member of a class of words or constructions, as do in He doesn't know but I do.
verb (used with object)
4.
to put (a person or thing) in the place of another.
5.
to take the place of; replace.
6.
Chemistry. to replace (one or more elements or groups in a compound) by other elements or groups.
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Substitution
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
7.
to act as a substitute.
adjective
8.
of or pertaining to a substitute or substitutes.
9.
composed of substitutes.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin substitūtus (past participle of substituere to put in place of), equivalent to sub- sub- + -stitū-, combining form of statū-, past participle stem of statuere (see substituent) + -tus past participle suffix
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin substitūtus (past participle of substituere to put in place of), equivalent to sub- sub- + -stitū-, combining form of statū-, past participle stem of statuere (see substituent) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
sub·sti·tut·a·ble, adjective
sub·sti·tut·a·bil·i·ty, noun
sub·sti·tut·er, noun
sub·sti·tut·ing·ly, adverb
sub·sti·tu·tion, noun
EXPANDsub·sti·tu·tion·al·ly, adverb
in·ter·sub·sti·tut·a·bil·i·ty, noun
in·ter·sub·sti·tut·a·ble, adjective
in·ter·sub·sti·tu·tion, noun
non·sub·sti·tut·ed, adjective
non·sub·sti·tu·tion, noun
non·sub·sti·tu·tion·al, adjective
non·sub·sti·tu·tion·al·ly, adverb
non·sub·sti·tu·tion·ar·y, adjective
pre·sub·sti·tute, verb (used with object), pre·sub·sti·tut·ed, pre·sub·sti·tut·ing.
pre·sub·sti·tu·tion, noun
pro·sub·sti·tu·tion, adjective
un·sub·sti·tut·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. alternative, replacement, equivalent.
1. alternative, replacement, equivalent.
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Word Origin & History
substitution
late 14c., from M.Fr. substitution, from L.L. substitutionem (nom. substitutio) "a putting in place of another," from L. substitutus, pp. of substituere "put in place of another, place under or next to," from sub "under" + statuere "set up."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
substitution sub·sti·tu·tion (sŭb'stĭ-t&oomacr;'shən, -ty&oomacr;'-)
n.
The replacement of an atom or group of atoms in a compound by another atom or group of atoms.
An unconscious defense mechanism by which the unacceptable or unattainable is replaced by something more acceptable or attainable.
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