Replace
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Replace (third-person singular simple present Replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)
- (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
- When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
- The earl...was replaced in his government. — Francis Bacon.
- (transitive) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
- You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
- (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for.
- I replaced my car with a newer model.
- The batteries were dead so I replaced them
- (transitive) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfil the end or office of.
- This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
- This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. — William Whewell.
- (transitive) To demolish a building and build a updated form of that building in its place.
- (transitive, rare) To place again.
- (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.
Notes
The propriety of the use of "replace" instead of "displace", "supersede", or "take the place of", as in the fourth definition, has been disputed on account of etymological discrepancy, but is standard English and universally accepted.
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Adverbs for Replace
surreptitiously; effectively; effectually; faithfully; graciously; promptly; intelligently; skillfully.
Thesaurus
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