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replace

re·place
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-pleys]
    • /rɪˈpleɪs/
    • /rɪˈpleɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-pleys]
    • /rɪˈpleɪs/

Definitions of replace word

  • verb with object replace to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting. 1
  • verb with object replace to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to replace a broken dish. 1
  • verb with object replace to restore; return; make good: to replace a sum of money borrowed. 1
  • verb with object replace to restore to a former or the proper place: to replace the vase on the table. 1
  • verb replace If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second. 0
  • verb replace If you replace one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job. 0
See all 16 definitions of replace

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Origin of replace

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; re- + place

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Replace

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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replace popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for replace

verb replace

  • bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
  • bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
  • boot out — If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.
  • bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
All 45 Synonyms of replace

Antonyms for replace

verb replace

  • blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
  • creamed — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
  • creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
  • crested — A crested bird is a bird that has a crest on its head.
  • cresting — an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
All 13 Antonyms of replace

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    either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior: the feminine gender. Compare sex (def 1).

  • pro-form

    a word used to replace or substitute for a word, phrase, or clause belonging to a given grammatical class, as a pronoun used to replace a noun or noun phrase, there used to replace an adverb or adverbial phrase of place, as in I parked the car near the entrance and left it there, or so used to substitute for a clause, as in Have they come? I think so.

  • retool

    to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).

  • change

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  • jury-rig

    Nautical. a temporary rig to replace a permanent rig that has been disabled, lost overboard, etc.

  • substitute

    a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
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