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substitutional

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sub⋅sti⋅tute

  [suhb-sti-toot, -tyoot] noun, verb, -tut⋅ed, -tut⋅ing, adjective
Use substitutional in a Sentence
–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.
–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; ME < L substitūtus (ptp. of substituere to put in place of), equiv. to sub- sub- + -stitū-, comb. form of statū-, ptp. s. of statuere (see substituent ) + -tus ptp. 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
sub⋅sti⋅tu⋅tion⋅al, sub⋅sti⋅tu⋅tion⋅ar⋅y  [suhb-sti-too-shuh-ner-ee, -tyoo-] , adjective
sub⋅sti⋅tu⋅tion⋅al⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. alternative, replacement, equivalent.
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sub·sti·tu·tion   (sŭb'stĭ-tōō'shən, -tyōō'-)   
n.  

    1. The act or an instance of substituting.

    2. The state of being substituted.

  2. One that is substituted; a replacement.

sub'sti·tu'tion·al, sub'sti·tu'tion·ar'y adj., sub'sti·tu'tion·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Financial Dictionary

substitute

See swap.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2substitute
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tut·ed; -tut·ing
: to put or use in the place of another:as a : to introduce (an atom or group) as a substituent b : to alter (as a compound) by introduction of a substituent
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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