Definitions for replace

Definitions for (verb) replace

Main entry: replace

Definition: substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

Usage: He replaced the old razor blade; We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago; the insurance will replace the lost income; This antique vase can never be replaced


Main entry: replace, put back

Definition: put something back where it belongs

Usage: replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it; please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them


Main entry: exchange, replace, interchange, substitute

Definition: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

Usage: the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt; substitute regular milk with fat-free milk; synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning


Main entry: supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace

Definition: take the place or move into the position of

Usage: Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left; the computer has supplanted the slide rule; Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school


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