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substitution

sub·sti·tute
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhb-sti-toot, -tyoot]
    • /ˈsʌb stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut/
    • /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhb-sti-toot, -tyoot]
    • /ˈsʌb stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut/

Definitions of substitution word

  • noun substitution a person or thing acting or serving in place of another. 1
  • noun substitution (formerly) a person who, for payment, served in an army or navy in the place of a conscript. 1
  • noun substitution 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. 1
  • verb with object substitution to put (a person or thing) in the place of another. 1
  • verb with object substitution to take the place of; replace. 1
  • verb with object substitution Chemistry. to replace (one or more elements or groups in a compound) by other elements or groups. 1
See all 17 definitions of substitution

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Origin of substitution

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin substitūtus (past participle of substituere to put in place of), equivalent to sub- sub- + -stitū-, combining form of statū-, past participle stem of statuere (see substituent) + -tus past participle suffix

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Parts of speech for Substitution

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Substitution

substitution popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% 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".

substitution usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for substitution

noun substitution

  • commutation — a substitution or exchange
  • conduction — Conduction is the process by which heat or electricity passes through or along something.
  • convection — Convection is the process by which heat travels through air, water, and other gases and liquids.
  • deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
  • interrelation — reciprocal relation.
All 15 Synonyms of substitution

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Related words

  • monoalphabetic substitution

    a system of substitution that uses only one cipher alphabet in a cryptogram so that each plaintext letter is always represented by the same cipher.

  • polyalphabetic substitution

    a system of substitution that mixes together a number of cipher alphabets in a cryptogram so that each plaintext letter is represented by a cipher that repeatedly changes.

  • commute

    If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.

  • hypercorrection

    the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.

  • irrational

    without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.

  • novation

    Law. the substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.
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