what does replace mean?
REPLACE as VERB
- Meaning
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
Usage Example(s)
- He replaced the old razor blade
- We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
- the insurance will replace th
Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- put something back where it belongs
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Usage Example(s)
- 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
Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- put in the place of another
- switch seemingly equivalent items
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- the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
- substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- take the place or move into the position of
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Usage Example(s)
- 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
Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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